Headlines- Iran "does not trust America," according to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who states that the United States must remove all economic pressure, threats, and sanctions before engaging in any negotiations.
- A plan to begin the process of seeking independence from Canada has been decisively rejected by the Canadian province of Alberta.
- Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, claims to be "committed to completing the elimination of the Iranian regime" and to have "discussed this with Trump numerous times, including the day before yesterday."
- Iran will retaliate with attacks against "nine countries" if the United States strikes Iranian military bases or "petrochemical" facilities, according to an adviser to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
- At least 58 recruits were killed and over 200 others were injured when the Houthis launched three ballistic missiles at a training facility in Yemen's Shabwa governate. The death toll is anticipated to rise.
- After unrest, French authorities impose curfews in some areas of Paris, northern cities, and Nice.
- After looting damaged thousands of businesses over the weekend, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu warned on Monday that he was ready to declare a state of emergency as authorities struggled to contain ongoing violence.
- Paul Mackenzie, a self-proclaimed preacher, and 28 accomplices were found guilty by a Mombasa, Kenya, court on Monday of killing 190 children and one adult as members of a well-known Christian starvation cult.
Tag: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
United Nations Security Council is briefed by Secretary-General António Guterres on women, peace, and security.Raychelle Omamo, Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and the Security Council’s President for the month of October
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
The situation in the Great Lakes region is discussed at the United Nations Security Council meeting by Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations
Secretary-General of the United Nations Meets...
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, Secretary-General of the World Muslim League, and Ronald S. Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress, meet with UN Secretary-General António Guterres
UN Secretary-General Attends G20 Extraordinary Leaders’...
The G20 Extraordinary Leaders’ Meeting on Afghanistan is addressed by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres
2021 Nobel Peace Prize: RSF Hails...
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is very pleased that the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Maria Ressa and Dmitri Muratov, two eminent and courageous journalists. This prize rewards all those who work with determination for free and independent information
UN Secretary-General and Director-General of WHO...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres participates in a virtual press conference on the Global COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO)
UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and...
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs [OCHA], Martin Griffiths, is sworn in by Secretary-General António Guterres
UN Security Council Meets on Situation...
United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo is chaired by Martin Kimani, Kenya’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of October. The Council hears the Secretary-report General’s on UN Organization Stabilization
UN Security Council Neets to Discuss...
T.S. Tirumurti, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, speaks at a Security Council meeting about Haiti
President of UN General Assembly Addresses...
Abdulla Shahid, President of the United Nations General Assembly’s seventy-sixth session, speaks to reporters after the General Assembly’s seventy-sixth session’s general discussion