Headlines- The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen claims to have intercepted three drones in the southern and Riyadh regions, two cruise missiles over the Red Sea, and a ballistic missile headed for the Saudi city of Yanbu. In the
- said it is targeting Houthi positions in Taiz and Marib.
- A missile attack on Aden International Airport put 151 passengers on a Yemenia flight headed for Cairo in danger, the transport minister of Yemen's internationally recognized government said.
- The Amazon rainforest in Brazil has seen the least amount of deforestation in almost 40 years.
- Heidi Levine, a journalist for the Washington Post, was injured on Friday after being assaulted by some Israeli settlers while working in the occupied West Bank.
- Ahead of the country's April 2027 presidential election, French President Emmanuel Macron claimed on Wednesday that political forces are "exploiting" the country's student protesters..
- Authorities said at a press conference that the mass shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday that claimed the lives of three students and one teacher occurred inside a special needs classroom. They also identified the suspected shooter and some of the victims.
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UN Security Council President Reads Statement...
United Nations John Sawers, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of August, reads a Security Council statement on Myanmar to the press
UN Secretary-General Calls Frontline Mental Health...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in a three-way video call with frontline mental health workers, Mr. Umair Bachlain in Pakistan and Ms. Charlene Sunkel in South Africa,13 May 2020
UN Security Council Members Hold Open...
Irena Hasić, Executive Director of the Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina of the European Commission, speaks during the open video conference with United Natiins Security Council members in connection with Bosnia and Herzegovina
UN Security Council Members Hold Open...
Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, briefs the Security Council members during an open video conference in connection with United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and the Sudan and South Sudan
UN Secretary-General Holds Virtual Press Briefing...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres holds a virtual press conference to launch a report on the socioeconomic impact of COVID-19 titled “Shared responsibility, global solidarity
UN Secretary-General Meets King and Queen...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres meets with King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium
World Leaders Arrived at UN HQ...
As carbon pollution, temperatures, and climate destruction continue to rise, and public backlash mounts, the Summit aims to offer a turning point from inertia into momentum, action, and global impact – if everyone gets on board
UN Update on Syria
United Nations “remains deeply alarmed” by the ongoing fighting in northwestern Syria which left “at least 160 civilians dead, hundreds of thousands of people displaced, and put three million people in the crossfire,” a spokesperson for the organization said on Monday (3 Jun)
UN Secretary-General Meets Foreign Minister of...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres meets with Jorge Arreaza, Minister of the People’s Power for Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
UN: Libya Fighting Reaches Facility Holding...
The U.N. says some 3,600 refugees and migrants are held in facilities near the front lines of fighting between the self-styled Libyan National Army and other heavily-armed militias. Five detention centers are in areas already engulfed by fighting, while six more are in close proximity to the clashes