Headlines- 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
Ministerial Opening of High-level Political Forum...
Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, addresses the ministerial opening of the High-level Political Forum 2024.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Mutryce Agatha Williams (right at table), Permanent Representative of Saint Kitts and Nevis to the United Nations, addresses the UN Security Council meeting on the question concerning Haiti.
UN General Assembly Meets to Discuss...
A wide view of the United Nations General Assembly Hall as Dennis Francis (on screens and left at dais), President of the seventy-eighth session of the General Assembly, chairs the 98th plenary meeting of the General Assembly.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Vassily Nebenzia,Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation and President of the United Nations Security Council for the month of July, chairs the UN Security Council meeting on maintenance of international peace and security.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Zénon Mukongo Ngay, 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.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Garry Conille, Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior and Territorial Communities, Culture and Communication of the Republic of Haiti, addresses the United Nations Security Council meeting on the question concerning Haiti.
UN Security Council Meets on Situation...
Sigrid Kaag, Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza pursuant to Security Council Resolution 2720 (2023), briefs the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
UN Deputy Permanent Representative of United...
Robert A. Wood (at podium), Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, briefs reporters on recent developments related to transfers of arms and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
UN Chiefs of Police Summit Welcome...
A group photo in the General Assembly Hall of participants during the United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit (UNCOPS) held at UN Headquarters.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Ban Ki-Moon, Former United Nations Secretary-General and Deputy Chair of the Elders, briefs the Security Council meeting on children and armed conflict on the theme “How to advance our collective norms towards protecting children and ending all grave violations.”