Headlines
  • Iran is "desperate" to meet and discuss, according to US President Donald Trump, who also threatens to launch a "very heavy" attack on the purported new Iranian nuclear site.
  • Iran's state media claimed on Tuesday that Iran's top joint military command declared that if the US hit Iranian nuclear sites, it would target the interests of the US and its allies.
  • US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the United States will permit direct flights to Lebanon, more than 40 years after direct flights between the two countries were halted in 1985, during the administration of US President Ronald Reagan, after the hijacking of TWA Flight 847.
  • Iranian drone strikes are being intercepted by Kuwait's air defenses, according to the army.
  • On Capitol Hill, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth informed lawmakers that the United States had already spent $37.5 billion on the war in Iran.

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February 20, 2026

President of UN Security Briefs Press...

Yvette Cooper, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom and President of the United Nations Security Council for the month of February, briefs reporters in the situation in the Sudan.

February 19, 2026

UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...

Nadav Tamir Executive Director of J Street Israel, briefs the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.

February 18, 2026

Permanent Observer of State of Palestine...

Riyad Mansour Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, briefs reporters on behalf of the Arab Group and others, on the latest Israeli decisions in the West Bank.

February 17, 2026

UN Secretary-General Meets with Permanent Representatives...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (centre right) meets with Permanent Representatives to the United Nations of the Extended Troika of the Arab Group.

February 14, 2026

Permanent Representative of Syria Briefs Press...

Ibrahim Olabi Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations, briefs reporters after the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria on February

February 12, 2026

UN Secretary-General Meets with Vice President...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres meets with Carolina Cosse, Vice President of the Republic and President of the General Assembly and the Senate of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay

February 11, 2026

UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...

Cecilia A.M. Adeng, Permanent Representative of South Sudan to the United Nations, addresses the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Sudan and South Sudan.

February 10, 2026

Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on UN Framework...

Ramy Youssef chairs the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on the United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation.

February 5, 2026

UN Secretary-General Briefs Press on Independent...

A view of the press briefing by the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on the Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence.

February 4, 2026

Committee on Exercise of Inalienable Rights...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the 426th meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP)

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