Headlines- Kurdish troops reported that a coalition led by the United States shot down multiple drones over Erbil, the capital of the northern Kurdistan region of Iraq, on Wednesday.
- The potential sale of Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems and related equipment to Saudi Arabia for an estimated $1.96 billion was approved by the US State Department on Wednesday.
- In protest of this week's ban on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran's foreign ministry summoned Britain's ambassador to Tehran on Wednesday, vowing that the move would "not go unanswered".
- U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement on Wednesday that a U.S. aircraft fired on an oil tanker that "attempted to violate the U.S. blockade" on Iranian ports.
- US President Donald Trump stated that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps cannot be negotiated with and that the United States might have to eliminate it.
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Autism Awareness Event on Nurturing Care...
A participant at the event to commemorate World Autism Awareness Day (2 April), held on the theme “Nurturing Care Framework and Family Centered Care”.The event was co-organized by the Permanent Missions of Bangladesh, Belarus, India, Italy, Oman, Qatar, the Republic of Korea and the United States, in cooperation with Autism Speaks
UN Secretary-General Visits UN Support Mission...
Secretary-General António Guterres vists the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), together with (at right) Ghassan Salamé, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNSMIL, and Nader Darwich, Chief Of Mission at UNSMIL
UN Security Council Considers Situation in...
Bocchit Edmond Minister for Foreign Affairs of Haiti, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in Haiti
UN Secretary-General Visits Egypt
Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) meets with archeologists and staff at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo to see the restoration work going on there in order to preserve Egypt’s cultural heritage
UN Report: More than 113 Million...
The FAO report says that 2018 was the third consecutive year in which the number of people facing all levels of food insecurity topped the 100 million mark, although it was slightly better than 2017’s number of 124 million people. The study said some countries were less affected by severe weather events such as drought and flooding
UN Secretary-General Visits Tunisia
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres lays a wreath to pay tribute to the victims of the 2015 terrorist attack at the Bardo Museum in Tunis, Tunisia
United Nations Participates in Earth Hour...
The United Nations participates in Earth Hour, a global lights-off event coordinated by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and other volunteer organizations. Started as a symbolic lights-out event in Sydney in 2007, Earth Hour is one of the world’s largest grassroots movement for the environment, inspiring millions of people to take action for our planet
Press Briefing to Launch WMO State...
María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of the seventy-third session of the General Assembly, speaks at the press briefing to launch the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Statement on the State of the Global Climate 2018 and an update on Extreme Weather in 2019
Yemeni Children Victimized by ‘World’s Worst...
March 26 marked the fourth anniversary of the Saudi-led coalition campaign to oust the Houthi rebels from parts of Yemen they had occupied. The fighting has caused what the UN calls “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.”. It’s undermining children’s development
UN Secretary-General Signs Book of Condolences...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres signs the book of condolences at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Mozambique to the United Nations, for the lives lost during the Cyclone Idai