Headlines
  • According to US President Donald Trump, talks with Iran may occur this next weekend.
  • Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards claim that in response to US strikes on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, they opened fire on US military installations.
  • In order "to safeguard national security," Bahrain's Ministry of Interior declared that it has arrested fifteen people who were allegedly linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
  • Kuwait said on Wednesday that one person was killed and numerous others were injured in an Iranian missile and drone strike on its international airport.
  • During a press conference in Geneva on Wednesday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization, stated that the Ebola virus in central Africa has had a "big head-start" and warned that health officials were still lagging behind.

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April 17, 2019

Scene at UN Headquarters in New...

A view of the flag of the United Nations and the flags of Member States along First Avenue, as seen through cherry blossoms in the foreground

April 15, 2019

UN Security Council Considers Situation in...

Muna Luqman, Chairperson for Food for Humanity, addresses the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Yemen)

April 13, 2019

UN Secretary-General Meets Nobel Laureate and...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres meets with Nadia Murad, Nobel Laureate and Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Ms. Murad gave a copy of her book “The Last Girl” to the Secretary-General

April 12, 2019

Scene at UN Headquarters in New...

A view of the sculpture entitled “Sphere within a Sphere”, by Italian artist Arnaldo Pomodoro, at the visitors entrance to the UN Headquarters

April 11, 2019

UN Security Council Considers UN Peacekeeping...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaks with Ursula von der Leyen Federal Minister of Defense of Germany, and Christoph Heusgen, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations, ahead of the Security Council meeting on United Nations peacekeeping operations and women in peacekeeping

April 10, 2019

UN Security Council Considers Situation in...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaks with Christoph Heusgen, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of April, ahead of the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

April 9, 2019

Briefing by UN High Commissioner for...

Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, briefs the Security Council on the state of the world’s displaced

April 8, 2019

Opening Session of 2019 ECOSOC Youth...

The theme of this year’s Forum is “Youth: Empowered, included and equal”

April 5, 2019

UN Secretary-General Visits Tripoli, Libya

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaks with a young man at the Ain Zara Detention Center in Tripoli, Libya, where migrants and refugees face indefinite detention

April 4, 2019

Autism Awareness Event on Nurturing Care...

A participant at the event to commemorate World Autism Awareness Day (2 April), held on the theme “Nurturing Care Framework and Family Centered Care”.The event was co-organized by the Permanent Missions of Bangladesh, Belarus, India, Italy, Oman, Qatar, the Republic of Korea and the United States, in cooperation with Autism Speaks

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