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
Security Council Considers Situation Concerning Western...
A view of the East River during the Security Council meeting on the situation concerning Western Sahara on 30 May-
Disabled Syrian Woman Tells UN: ‘We...
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UN Security Council Considers Sexual Violence...
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UN Security Council Considers Situation in...
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UN Security Council Considers Situation in...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaks with Christoph Heusgen, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of April, ahead of the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Briefing by UN High Commissioner for...
Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, briefs the Security Council on the state of the world’s displaced
UN Security Council Considers Situation in...
Bocchit Edmond Minister for Foreign Affairs of Haiti, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in Haiti
UN Security Council Considers Situation in...
Nickolay Mladenov UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority, speaks with Riyad H. Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, ahead of the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question
UN General Assembly Meets on Elimination...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres
addresses the commemorative General Assembly meeting on the elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (21 March)
UN Security Council Considers Situation in...
A wide view of the Security Council as Anny Tenga Modi (on screen), Executive Director of Afia Mama, briefs the Security Council on the situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo