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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

September 9, 2024

President of 78th Session of UN...

Dennis Francis, outgoing President of the United Nations seventy-eighth session of the General Assembly, holds final press conference.

August 30, 2024

UN Security Council Meets on Threats...

Adedeji Ebo, Director and Deputy to the High Representative of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, briefs the UN Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security.

August 28, 2024

UN Security Council Extends Mandate of...

Hadi Hachem, Deputy Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations, addresses UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East.

August 27, 2024

UN General Assembly Meets to Disscuss...

Dennis Francis, President of the 78th UN General Assembly, chairs the United Nations General Assembly informal meeting of the plenary on the intergovernmental negotiations on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Council on August.

August 21, 2024

UN Security Council Meets to Dicuss...

Arnoux Descardes, Executive Director of Volontariat pour le développement d’Haïti, briefs the Security Council meeting on peacebuilding and sustaining peace, with a focus on the new agenda for peace – addressing global, regional and national aspects of conflict prevention.

August 20, 2024

UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...

Michael Imran Kanu,Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of August, chairs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Libya.

August 19, 2024

Permanent Representative of Israel Presents Credentials...

Danny Danon Permanent Representative of State of Israel to the United Nations, presents his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

August 17, 2024

UN Secretary-General Meets with President of...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres meets with Samuel Žbogar, of the Republic of Slovenia to the United Nations Security Council and President of the Security Council for the month of September.

August 15, 2024

UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...

Lisa Doughten, Director of Financing and Partnerships Division of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, briefs United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Yemen).

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