Headlines- In the war-torn Gaza Strip, where about two-thirds of the population struggles to obtain food, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has been forced to reduce its monthly food aid, the organization announced on Monday.
- As attacks on shipping continue, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claims that an oil tanker "violating regulations" caught fire after striking a sea mine in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Two troops have died in a helicopter crash in Najran, Saudi Arabia, according to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, which also claims to have downed more drones close to Riyadh.
- After riots, looting, and arson during cost-of-living protests, nearly 2,400 people were detained throughout France.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has received the "complete and total" support of US President Donald Trump.
- Giorgia Meloni, the prime minister of Italy, denounced rioting during cost-of-living protests on Sunday and expressed support for law enforcement after clashes in multiple cities.
- Eight cases of Ebola have been confirmed in Kenya as of Sunday, according to the country's Health Ministry.
- After a fatal fire at a Canadian military base on Sunday, 39 people were admitted to the hospital, at least 19 of whom were in critical condition.
Tag: United Nations Security Council
President of UN Security Council Briefs...
Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the United Nations and President of the United Nations Security Council for the month of April, briefs reporters on the programme of work of the Security Council
UN General Assembly Holds Informal Meeting...
The United Nations General Assembly holds an informal meeting of the plenary to hear a briefing by the UN Secretary-General on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, including developments on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2254 (2015), on the humanitarian situation and on human rights
UN Secretary-General and Prime Ministers of...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters together with Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica, and Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, on the meeting on “Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond”
UN General Assembly Discusses Equitable Global...
The United Nations General Assembly holds an informal meeting of the plenary on the “Political Declaration on Equitable Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines”
Press Conference on Financing for Sustainable...
United Nations Deputy-Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed briefs the press on financing for the Sustainable Development Report
United Nations Security Council Holds Videoconference...
Ján Kubiš, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Libya and Head of of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), briefs Members of the Council at the videoconference in connection with the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL)
UN Security Council Holds Videoconference in...
Shaharzad Akbar, Chairperson for Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, briefs the videoconference with United Nations Security Council members in connection with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
CSW65 Side Event on Women Delivering...
Iman Al Zahwani Hoemel, Minister of Women, Children and the Elderly of Tunisia, addresses the event “Women Delivering Justice: Achieving Gender Parity in the Justice Sector”, on the side of the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women on March 18,2021
UN Security Council Holds Arria Formula...
Anastasia Gridchina, Head of the Ukrainian Community of Crimea, addresses the United Nations Security Council Arria Formula meeting on the situation in Crimea on March 17,2021
UN Security Council Holds Videoconference in...
Mark Lowcock, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefs the videoconference with Security Council members in connection with the Middle East (Yemen)