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  • A bill amending a 2021 law that targeted the LGBTQ+ community and was passed by nationalist former leader Viktor Orban was approved by Hungary's parliament on Tuesday.
  • The latest attack on Saudi Arabia's King Khalid International Airport resulted in one fatality and eleven injuries.
  • Residents of Riyadh have been given the all-clear by Saudi Arabia's civil defense agency after the military's announcement that incoming missiles fired toward the capital by the Houthis in Yemen had been shot down.
  • Iran's alleged involvement in a security alert outside a UK/US airbase in southern England last month led the British government to summon the ambassador and announce sanctions against two people.
  • In a sophisticated overnight cyberattack, hackers commandeered refrigeration systems throughout France, spoiling stock at major chains and forcing hundreds of supermarkets to discard perishable goods on Monday.
  • According to a transcript and audio recording of the calls made on the nite of Christa Pike's botched execution, 911 callers reported that she was unconscious and had difficulty breathing an hour after receiving two fatal injections of the sedative pentobarbital.
  • An "incident involving a roller coaster" at a Six Flags theme park in Georgia resulted in one fatality and multiple injuries, according to the authorities.

Tag: UN General Assembly

October 15, 2024

UN General Assembly Meets on New...

Philemon Yang,President of the seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly, chairs the 20th plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly on the theme “From the New Partnership for Africa’s Development to Agenda 2063: progress in the implementation of sustainable development in Africa and international support”, as well as Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa.

October 10, 2024

UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...

Ahmet Yildiz, Permanent Representative of Türkiye to the United Nations, addresses of UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.

October 9, 2024

UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...

A wide view of United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in Libya .On the screen is Hala Bugaighis, Member of the Libyan Women, Peace and Security Advisory Group.

October 8, 2024

UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...

Sarah Kyabu Ntambwe, Executive Director of Change Your World, briefs United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Great Lakes region.

October 4, 2024

UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...

Riccarda Christiana Chanda, Second Deputy Permanent Representative, Senior Legal Adviser of Switzerland to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the Month of October, chairs the UN Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security.

October 3, 2024

UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...

Ilwad Elman from the Elman Peace & Human Rights Centre, briefs the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in Somalia

October 2, 2024

UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East.

September 30, 2024

UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...

Bintou Keita, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), briefs the UN Security Council meeting on the situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo and  MONUSCO.

September 27, 2024

Chief Adviser of Interim Government of...

Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the interim Government of Bangladesh, addresses the general debate of the Unitef Nations General Assembly’s seventy-ninth session.

September 26, 2024

UN High-level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance...

Gabriella Balasa, AMR Survivor, addresses the high-level meeting on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). “This disease [cystic fibrosis] makes me highly susceptible to infections, and I’m running out of antibiotics to treat it

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