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.
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UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
United Nations Security Council meeting on West Africa’s peace consolidation is presided over by James Kariuki, the Deputy Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the UN and President of the Security Council for the month of July.
UN Index:Chad, Other African Countries Not...
Chad consistently ranks among the lowest five countries in the U.N.’s Human Development Index due to its poor state of education, living standards, and life expectancy. In this report from N’Djamena, Henry Wilkins speaks to residents who find it difficult to imagine a decent future for their families and to experts about what can be done to kick-start development.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
The United Nations Security Council meeting is briefed on the situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operationson.
International Yoga Day at UN’s Headquarters
The Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Narendra Modi, attends in a yoga class on the North Lawn of the UN headquarters to commemorate the International Day of Yoga
UN General Assembly Met to Discuss...
The Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN, Muhammad Abdul Muhith, introduces a draught resolution on “Follow-up to the Declaration and Program of Action on a Culture of Peace” during the General Assembly meeting on the topic on June14,2023-UN Photo/Manuel Elias
Press Briefing by UN Secretary-General on...
Reporters are briefed by United Nations Scretary-General António Guterres on his policy brief on information integrity on digital platforms.
President-Elect of 78th UN General Assembly...
After being elected as the 78th UN General Assembly’s President, Dennis Francis, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago’s Permanent Representative to the UN, briefs reporters
21st Session of High-Level Committee on...
A wide view of the high-level Committee on South-South Cooperation’s 21st session
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
The Director of Operations and Advocacy of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Edem Wosornu, briefs United Nations Security Council meeting about the situation in the Middle East (Syria)
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment of the United Arab Emirates addresses United Nations Security Council meeting on protection of civilians in armed conflict on the topic of “Ensuring the security and dignity of civilians in conflict: addressing food insecurity and protecting essential services”