Headlines- The US would not lift sanctions against Iran in return for a complete reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, according to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who further states that any sanctions relief is conditional upon Iran giving up enriched uranium.
- The Kuwaiti army claims that loud noises heard around the country are the result of interceptions and that it is responding to drone and missile attacks.
- On Tuesday, U.S. Central Command disabled an oil ship for allegedly violating the U.S. naval blockade in the Arabian Gulf.
- According to President Donald Trump, talks with Iran are still ongoing, but "one never knows" where they will end.
- Resuming hostilities in the conflict with the United States appears "inevitable," a senior Iranian military general who stated on Tuesday that "the Iranian nation will never surrender."
- A memorial honoring the victims of the 1994 genocide inaugurated in Paris on Tuesday by French President Emmanuel Macron and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame.
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UN Security Council Considers Threats to...
United Nations Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security, as the Council considers a letter dated 15 November 2018 from the Special Adviser and Head of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (UNITAD)
African UN Security Council Members Push...
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United Nations Security Council Considers situation...
Josephine Mbela (on screen) of the Congolese Association for Access to Justice, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Death Toll Rises in Mogadishu Blasts
A witness who was inside the hotel at the time said on condition of anonymity that the front of the building was destroyed by the force of the explosions