Headlines- Two high-speed trains collided near Toledo in central Spain, resulting in at least 64 fatalities.
- The Middle East is "capable of addressing our problems" without US intervention, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Russian Prime Minister Putin.
- The spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition claims in a post on X that air defenses had intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile that the Houthis had launched in the direction of Taif.
- Flavio Bolsonaro, former Brazilian presidential candidate, fled to the United States after his passports were revoked due to his refusal to comply with a Supreme Court order to turn them in as part of a money laundering investigation.
- The US State Department would grant Flávio Bolsonaro and his family visas and allow them to enter the country.
- Since the outbreak was discovered in mid-May, 10,060 Ebola cases and 4,887 deaths have been reported by the Democratic Republic of the Congo's health authorities..
- Over the dismissal of Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, from the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office, a federal judge in New York ruled against President Donald Trump and the Justice Department on Monday.
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G20 Virtual Summit on Covid-19 Pandemic
view of the screen in the Invited Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’ conference room as he takes part in the extraordinary Virtual Leaders’ Summit of the Group of Twenty (G-20)
Launch of COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres launches a COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan together with Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator; Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO); and Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Scenes in New York City Subway...
A subway rider wears a mask and gloves in an otherwise empty subway car during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in New York City
UN Secretary-General Holds Virtual Press Briefing...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres checks his notes ahead of holding a virtual press briefing on the ongoing global Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on 19 March 2020 at United Nations, New York
Street Scene in New York City...
A woman is wearing a mask as she walks to her destination during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in New York City
Meeting of Group of Friends of...
Hillary Clinton former United States Secretary of State, deliveres the keynote address at the meeting of the Group of Friends of Women in Afghanistan
Commemoration of International Women’s Day
Grammy Award-winning singer and Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Angélique Kidjo performs at an event marking International Women’s Day (8 March)
UN Security Council Meets on Situation...
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Special Representative for Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation concerning Iraq
UN Secretary-General Briefs Press on Syria...
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed signs a book of condolences on the passing of Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, former President of the Arab Republic of Egypt
UN Security Council Considers Non-Proliferation
Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, briefs the Security Council meeting on non-proliferation and supporting the Non-proliferation Treaty ahead of the 2020 Review