UN chief Guterres calls for immediate end to "spiral of death and destruction" in Middle East
Apr 02, 2026
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an immediate end to the "spiral of death and destruction" in the Middle East. Warning of a "wider war," he urged the US, Israel, and Iran to cease hostilities, noting that the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is "strangling" the global economy.