Headlines
  • Although the United States is prepared to strike Iran "at any time," US President Donald Trump says he does not see the fresh fighting lasting "too long."
  • Iran's attack on a Saudi tanker in the Strait of Hormuz that claimed two lives has been denounced by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
  • Alex Kiprotich, a Kenyan newspaper editor, is abducted by armed men, and his employer suspects the government
  • According to a new ruling, Tyler R., the man accused with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk in September of last year, may be executed if found guilty in the murder case.
  • Joshua Wong, a pro-democracy activist of Hong Kong, pleaded a guilty to a charge of conspiring with foreign organizations on Wednesday.
  • Over 1,270 people have died as a result of last week's massive flash flood at the Himalayan border between Nepal and China.

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December 7, 2018

Special Event to Commemorate 70th Anniversary...

Children from Bright Horizons Early Education Center participate in a special event recreating the archival photo of children holding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

December 6, 2018

Launch of Poem “Our Future Will...

Eavan Boland, Irish poet, addresses the event to launch her poem “Our Future Will Become the Past of Other Women”

December 5, 2018

UN Security Council Considers Threats to...

United Nations Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security, as the Council considers a letter dated 15 November 2018 from the Special Adviser and Head of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (UNITAD)

December 1, 2018

G 20 Photo Op

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, the President of United States of America (USA), Donald Trump and the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe hold first ever trilateral meeting

November 30, 2018

Geneva Conference on Afghanistan

Abdullah Abdullah, CEO of National Unity Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, addresses the closing session of the Geneva Conference on Afghanistan

November 28, 2018

UN Secretary-General Meets King and Queen...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres meets wth King Letsie III
and Queen ‘Masenate Mohato Seeiso of the Kingdom of Lesotho

November 24, 2018

The Golden Rule

The mosaic depicts a diverse group of people standing together with the words “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” inscribed on it

November 23, 2018

Meet the Press!

A Picture of a press conference of Olof Skoog (on screen), Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations

November 22, 2018

For the Abolition of Slavery and...

Paulomi Tripathi, First Secretary in the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, addresses the General Assembly meeting

November 21, 2018

Interpol Elects South Korea’s Kim Jong...

Interpol’s general assembly voted Wednesday to make South Korea’s Kim Jong Yang its new president.
Kim had been serving as the organization’s acting president

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