Headlines- While Iran's economy, military, and leadership have all significantly deteriorated, US President Donald Trump claims that the Strait of Hormuz is in "extremely good shape," adding that "it doesn't mean we won't smack them to see what happens."
- An apparent mentally unstable woman was shot and killed by New York City police after allegedly stabbing two people in Times Square.
- Leaders from more than a dozen countries, including Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian, China's Xi Jinping, India's Narendra Modi, and Russia's Vladimir Putin, gathered in Kyrgyzstan on Monday for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit.
- On Monday, Pedro Sanchez, the prime minister of Spain, accused Russian and Israeli-linked social media platforms of spreading disinformation regarding the July refugee crisis in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
- On Monday, US President Donald Trump's administration was given permission by the US Supreme Court to proceed with the $400 million White House ballroom construction project.
- At least 750 people killed and another 3000 went missing on Wednesday after landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet.
Year: 2024
UN Security Council Meets to Dicuss...
Arnoux Descardes, Executive Director of Volontariat pour le développement d’Haïti, briefs the Security Council meeting on peacebuilding and sustaining peace, with a focus on the new agenda for peace – addressing global, regional and national aspects of conflict prevention.
Some Ukrainian Living in US Wish...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced in February that since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, around 500,000 Ukrainians have immigrated to the country.Many refugees appear to be adjusting to life in their new country, but they still miss their homeland and are traumatized by the war.
Rohingya Refugees Drown Fleeing Myanmar’s War...
Twenty-six members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority drowned when their boat capsized as they were trying to flee to Bangladesh, witnesses said, an accident likely to compound fears that the largely Muslim minority is facing a new round of genocide.
Nigeria Battles Teen Drug Use
Over 14 million individuals in Nigeria abuse drugs, according to data from the drug enforcement agency. A few of them are young adults or children.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Michael Imran Kanu,Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of August, chairs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Libya.
200 Unexploded WW2 Shells Uncovered in...
A stockpile of more than 200 U.S. artillery shells from the Second World War discovered at a school in the Solomon Islands capital has been safely removed.
Wounded Ukrainian Veterans Vow to Continue...
Serhiy Danilets is one of the more than 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers who have wounded during Russia’s war on Ukraine. Despite suffering severe injuries during combat, he and other fighters continue to enjoy life and, in some cases,are even planning to return to the front lines.
Defectors Launch Website to Share Untold...
A group of North Korean defectors based in Seoul launched a news website with the aim of exposing North Korean human rights abuses.They also want to provide a more nuanced perspective about their homeland.
Permanent Representative of Israel Presents Credentials...
Danny Danon Permanent Representative of State of Israel to the United Nations, presents his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
With Caution,Germany Issues Warrant for Ukrainian...
The explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines, which carry natural gas from Russia to Western Europe, have led Germany to seek an arrest order for a Ukrainian person.At the question is if the 2022 attack—which many say played a role in the global price spike—involved the Ukrainian government.