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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President of UN General Assembly Closes...
Volkan Bozkir (at podium and on screens), President of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly, delivers closing remarks to the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-fifth session
Virtual Event on Sexual and Gender-based...
Reem Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates, addresses the event on sexual and gender-based violence, “Strengthening commitments to prevent, respond and protect against Sexual and Gender-based Violence in humanitarian crises”
Prime Minister of India Addresses UN...
Narendra Modi (on screens), Prime Minister of the Republic of India, addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s seventy-fifth session
Fourth Day of UN General Assembly...
Staff cleans the dais between sessions during the fourth day of the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly’s seventy-fifth session
President of Republic of Yemen Addresses...
Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour (on screens), President of the Republic of Yemen, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-fifth session on 24 September 2020
Progress and Multisectoral Action Towards Achieving...
Mikhail Murashko, Minister of Health of the Russian Federation, addresses the event on “Progress and Multisectoral Action towards Achieving Global Targets to End TB”on 23 September 2020
Press Outside UN Headquarters During First...
Journalists and members of media wait outside the UN Headquarters during the first day of the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-fifth session on 22 September 2020
UN Secretary General Holds High-level Meeting...
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterras Makes Remarks to the high level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly to commorate the seventy fifth anniversary of the United Nations
UN General Assembly Holds 2nd Plenary...
Volkan Bozkir, President of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly, chairs the 2nd plenary meeting of the 75th session of the General Assembly
UN Secretary-General Holds Press Conference
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (seated at right) briefs reporters on the upcoming high-level debate of the 75th session of the General Assembly and other matters