Headlines
  • In order to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. military said late Monday that it was striking Iran for the tenth night in a row.
  • After their announcement of a naval blockade in the southern part of the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia denounced the Houthis in Yemen, who are supported by Iran.
  • According to Jordan's state television, the Jordanian Armed Forces said that three missiles launched from Iran had been intercepted.
  • After the deaths of three American service personnel this past weekend, US President Donald Trump warned Iran on Monday that they "will pay" every time they kill Americans.
  • Multiple Iranian airstrikes on Middle East bases this month have injured nearly 100 US service men.
  • In the latest round of Iranian retaliatory attacks on the Gulf state allied with the United States, the Kuwaiti army said it is working to intercept Iranian missiles and drones.

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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

UN Secretary-General Visits UN Support Mission...

Secretary-General António Guterres vists the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), together with (at right) Ghassan Salamé, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNSMIL, and Nader Darwich, Chief Of Mission at UNSMIL

April 3, 2019

UN Security Council Considers Situation in...

Bocchit Edmond Minister for Foreign Affairs of Haiti, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in Haiti

UN Secretary-General Visits Egypt

Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) meets with archeologists and staff at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo to see the restoration work going on there in order to preserve Egypt’s cultural heritage

April 2, 2019

UN General Assembly Meets on Elimination...

Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, addresses the General Assembly meeting on the elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

April 1, 2019

UN Secretary-General Visits Tunisia

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres lays a wreath to pay tribute to the victims of the 2015 terrorist attack at the Bardo Museum in Tunis, Tunisia

March 31, 2019

United Nations Participates in Earth Hour...

The United Nations participates in Earth Hour, a global lights-off event coordinated by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and other volunteer organizations. Started as a symbolic lights-out event in Sydney in 2007, Earth Hour is one of the world’s largest grassroots movement for the environment, inspiring millions of people to take action for our planet

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