Headlines- The catastrophic flooding in Nepal has left at least 1,010 people dead and 3,916 missing,546 people are missing and 16 people have died in Tibet.
- While Iran's economy, military, and leadership have all significantly deteriorated, US President Donald Trump claims that the Strait of Hormuz is in "extremely good shape," adding that "it doesn't mean we won't smack them to see what happens."
- An apparent mentally unstable woman was shot and killed by New York City police after allegedly stabbing two people in Times Square.
- Leaders from more than a dozen countries, including Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian, China's Xi Jinping, India's Narendra Modi, and Russia's Vladimir Putin, gathered in Kyrgyzstan on Monday for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit.
- On Monday, Pedro Sanchez, the prime minister of Spain, accused Russian and Israeli-linked social media platforms of spreading disinformation regarding the July refugee crisis in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
- On Monday, US President Donald Trump's administration was given permission by the US Supreme Court to proceed with the $400 million White House ballroom construction project.
Tag: UN Security Council
Press Briefing on Five Years Since...
Christina Markus Lassen, Permanent Representative of Denmark to the United Nations and President of the UN Security Council for the month of August, briefs reporters on “Five Years since the Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan”.
Press Briefing by Yemeni Human Rights...
Tawakkol Karman, Yemeni human rights defender and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, briefs reporters at UN Headquarters.
UN Security Council Meets on Situation...
Riyad H. Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, addresses the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on UN Framework...
A view of attendees at the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on the United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation.
UN Security Council Holds Arria-Formula Meeting...
United Nations Deputy Secretary General Amina J. Mohammed addresses the UN Security Council Arria-Formula Meeting entitled “Safeguarding Education in Sudan: Investing in Peace, Recovery and Stability”
UN Security Council Meets on Situation...
Sabino Edward Nyawella Amaikwey, Deputy Permanent Representative of South Sudan to the United Nations, addresses the UN Security Council meeting that heard reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan.
UN Security Council Meets on Threats...
Carmen G. Cantor, Deputy Executive Director of the the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), addresses the United Nations Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts.
President of UN Security Council...
Christina Markus Lassen, Permanent Representative of Denmark to the United Nations and President of the UN Security Council for the month of March, briefs reporters on the programme of work of the security council.
UN Secretary-General Briefs Press on Visit...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrives at a stakeout to brief reporters on his visit to Syria, Jordan, and Cyprus. He is joined by Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed.
President of UN Security Council Briefs...
Zenon Ngay Mukongo, Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United Nations and President of the UN Security Council for the month of July, briefs reporters on the election of the next UN Secretary- General