An estimated 1 million people have been affected by the severe floods in Nigeria’s northern Borno state, officials estimate. People have been forced to flee to temporary shelters due to widespread destruction to property.
Israel is defending its strike on an United Nations school that turned into shelter in the heart of Gaza and claims that six of the eighteen American aid workers who were killed were members of Hamas.U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he will raise the issue of protecting humanitarian sites with Israel, at the same time criticizing the U.S.-designated terror group for “hiding in” civilian sites.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (centre at left) participates in a global call ahead of the Summit of the Future. At left is Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, and at right is Guy Ryder, Under Secretary-General for Policy and UN lead for the Summit of the Future
The attempt of a Washington teacher to help one student has turned into something much larger.VOA’s Philip Alexiou has this story of a chess academy for kids.
Mohamed Issa Abushahab, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, addresses the situation in the Sudan and South Sudan.
A shortage of feed during the winter months puts thousands of dairy farmers in the In the Himalayan mountains of northern India, face a crisis. Scientists have now developed an affordable animal feed that is helping farmers increase the production of their livestock and get through the months when the land is covered in snow.
Philemon Yang,President of the seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly, holds up the gavel after it was handed to him by Dennis Francis,President of the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly, during the closing meeting of the seventy-eighth session of the General Assembly
Journalism in Afghanistan is becoming more and more difficult due to Taliban laws and restrictions. But the voices of women and others are still being amplified thanks to the media in exile.
Many of the more than 1.2 million Vietnamese immigrants who now call the United States home arrived during the Vietnam War. A new wave of Vietnamese immigration has more recently generated discussion over immigration in the community and has emerged as a major election season talking point.
Dennis Francis, outgoing President of the United Nations seventy-eighth session of the General Assembly, holds final press conference.