Headlines
  • On Monday, Keir Starmer of Britain announced his resignation as both prime minister and leader of the ruling Labour Party.
  • After Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian's declaration that his country would not give up its right to enrich uranium, Iran's chief negotiator, Mohammad Ghalibaf, responded to President Donald Trump's threat to seize Iran and control of the Strait of Hormuz.
  • "Great progress" was being made in Sunday's U.S.-Iran talks in Switzerland, according to US Vice President JD Vance.
  • Israel Katz, the Israeli defense minister, said on Sunday that his country's military "will not withdraw from the security zone in Lebanon" and that they are allowed "to act to eliminate threats."
  • UK Prime Minister Starmer is under increasing pressure as there are rumors that he may step down in a few days.
  • A 36-year-old man was charged by Scottish police on Sunday in connection with a string of incidents that occurred in Edinburgh on Friday.

Category: Pick of the Day

May 11, 2021

In connection with UNITAD, the Security...

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad speaks during a videoconference with members of the United Nations Security Council about the Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD)

May 8, 2021

Permanent Representative of Lithuania Pays a...

Permanent Representative of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Nations, Audra Plepyt (left), pays Secretary-General António Guterres a farewell call

May 7, 2021

The General Assembly Holds Informal Discussion...

Mr. Abdulla Shahid of the Maldives, the nominee for the position of President of the General Assembly for the seventy-sixth session, conducts an informal interactive dialogue with the General Assembly

May 5, 2021

For May, UN Secretary-General Meets...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres (right) meets with Zhang Jun, China’s Permanent Representative to the UN and the Security Council’s President

May 4, 2021

Information as a Public Good ...

UNESCO’s Deputy Director-General, Xing Qu, speaks at the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) commemoration of World Press Freedom Day 2021. The year’s theme is “Information as a Public Good,” which serves as a reminder to value information as a public good and to investigate what can be done in the creation

April 30, 2021

High-Level Interactive Dialogue on Antimicrobial Resistance...

Amina Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, speaks at the high-level collaborative discussion on antimicrobial resistance held by the United Nations General Assembly (AMR)

April 29, 2021

UN General Assembly Meets on Impact...

Volkan Bozkir, President of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly, addresses the General Assembly meeting on the impact of rapid technological change on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets

April 28, 2021

UN Security Council Holds Open Debate...

Eva-Maria Lijmets, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Estonia, addresses the open debate with United Nations Security Council members in connection with Protection of civilians in armed conflict: indispensable civilian objects

April 24, 2021

UN General Assembly Holds Interactive Multi-Stakeholder...

Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS, addresses the General Assembly interactive multi-stakeholder hearing held as part of the preparatory process for the 2021 High-level meeting on HIV/AIDS

April 22, 2021

UN General Assembly Meets on Prevention...

Catherine Marchi-Uhel, Head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011, addresses the United Nations General Assembly meeting

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