Headlines
  • In order to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. military said late Monday that it was striking Iran for the tenth night in a row.
  • After their announcement of a naval blockade in the southern part of the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia denounced the Houthis in Yemen, who are supported by Iran.
  • According to Jordan's state television, the Jordanian Armed Forces said that three missiles launched from Iran had been intercepted.
  • After the deaths of three American service personnel this past weekend, US President Donald Trump warned Iran on Monday that they "will pay" every time they kill Americans.
  • Multiple Iranian airstrikes on Middle East bases this month have injured nearly 100 US service men.
  • In the latest round of Iranian retaliatory attacks on the Gulf state allied with the United States, the Kuwaiti army said it is working to intercept Iranian missiles and drones.

Tag: United Nations Security Council

July 15, 2020

UN Security Council Meets on Situation...

A wide view of the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Yemen) as the Council unanimously adopts resolution 2534 (2020) renewing the mandate of the UN Mission to support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) in Yemen

July 10, 2020

Press Conference by Head of UN...

Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General and Head of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism, briefs reporters on the outcome of the Virtual Counter-Terrorism Week under the theme “Strategic and Practical Challenges of Countering Terrorism in a Global Pandemic Environment”

July 1, 2020

Annual Memorial Service to Honour UN...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres holds a moment of silence during the Annual Memorial Service to honour United Nations Personnel who lost their Lives in the Line of Duty from 16 March to 31 December

June 30, 2020

UN Security Council Members Hold Open...

Susannah Sirkin, Director of Policy and Senior Advisor at Physicians for Human Rights, addresses United Nations Security Council members during an open videoconference in connection with the Middle East (Syria)

June 18, 2020

UN General Assembly Hold Elections by...

Mr. Volkan Bozkir from Turkey was elected President of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly. Ireland, India, Kenya, Mexico and Norway was elected new non-permanent members of the Security Council for the period of 2021-2023.

June 12, 2020

UN Security Council Members Hold Open...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres briefs Security Council members during an open video conference in connection with United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)

May 22, 2020

Virtual Noon Briefing by Spokesperson for...

Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General holds the daily noon briefing remotely,21 May 2020

May 20, 2020

UN Security Council Members Hold Open...

Mark Lowcock, United Nations’s Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefs the open video conference with Security Council members in connection with the Middle East (Syria)

May 19, 2020

UN Security Council Members Hold Open...

Geir O. Pederson, United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, briefs the Security Council members during the open video conference in connection with the Middle East (Syria)

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