Headlines- Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, a human rights attorney from South Africa, won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
- According to US President Donald Trump, the US is having fruitful talks with Iran and won't attack the country again before the November midterm congressional elections.
- Colonel Turki al-Maliki, a spokesman for the coalition led by Saudi Arabia, claims that his forces intercepted and destroyed two Houthi ballistic missiles that were headed for Khamis Mushait and Riyadh.
- According to Reza Talaei-Nik, a spokesman for the Iranian Defense Ministry, the nation's ability to produce weapons is adequate to meet the demands of a "sustained and prolonged war."
- The United Nations said on Thursday that between July and September of 2026, at least 52 women and one girl were detained or arrested in the Afghan cities of Herat and Kabul.
- Nidal Hasan, the 2009 mass shooter, will be executed by firing squad at Fort Hood in December, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said on Thursday.
- The New York Police Department reported that one person was shot on Thursday in New York City during a confrontation with federal law enforcement agents.
Tag: UN General Assembly
UN Security Council Meets on Sudan...
Aglaia Balta, Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations and President of the UN Security Council for the month of October, chairs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Sudan and South Sudan.
Remembering October 7th – Rise Recover...
Oriya Ness Berlin, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) observer and October 7, 2023 survivor, addresses the special event “Remembering October 7th – Rise. Recover. Rebuild.”
UN Secretary-General Meets with African Union...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres meets with Jakaya Kikwete, African Union High Representative for the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea.
President of UN Security Council Briefs...
Aglaia Balta, Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations and President of the UN Security Council for the month of October, briefs reporters on the programme of work of the Security Council for the month of October.
UN Security Council Meets on Situation...
Zenon Ngay Mukongo, Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United Nations, addresses the UN Security Council meeting on the situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
President of UN General Assembly Closes...
Khalilur Rahman, President of the eighty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly, closes the general debate of the General Assembly’s eighty-first session.
Deputy Prime Minister of Samoa Addresses...
Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Samoa, addresses the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly’s eighty-first session.
UNRWA Press Conference on Two-State Solution
Christian Saunders, UNRWA Commissioner-General ad interim, briefs reporters at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) press conference.
UN Security Council Meets on Artificial...
Sam Altman, Chief Executive Officer of OpenAI, briefs the United Nations Security Council meeting on Artificial intelligence and international security, under the agenda item maintenance of international peace and security, under the agenda item maintenance of International peace and security.
President of United States of America...
Donald Trump, President of the United States of America, addresses the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly’s eighty-first session at UN headquarters in New York.