Headlines
  • After American raids on the Iranian island of Sirik in the Hormozgan region, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stated on Monday that it attacked an unidentified air base in retaliation.
  • After the occupation of the strategic Beaufort Castle, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims he has "instructed the Israeli military to expand the manoeuvre in Lebanon."
  • According to Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health, 3,412 people have died and 10,269 more have been injured as a result of Israel's military intervention.
  • After an Iranian missile attack was intercepted over Kuwait's Ali Al Salem Air Base on Wednesday, a number of American soldiers and civilian contractors were returned to duty after suffering minor injuries.
  • British Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper stated on Sunday that the Israeli military's increased operations in Lebanon must halt since they have killed and displaced civilians, damaged infrastructure, and reduced diplomatic space.
  • New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani became the first mayor of a city in decades to abstain from the annual Israel Day Parade by skipping it on Sunday.

Tag: United Nations

December 8, 2018

Visit the United Nations

A United Nations tour guide explains the nature of the Organization to a group of young visitors

December 7, 2018

Special Event to Commemorate 70th Anniversary...

Children from Bright Horizons Early Education Center participate in a special event recreating the archival photo of children holding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

December 6, 2018

Yemen Hunger

The World Food Programme (WFP) said its food assistance was the only this preventing massive famine in the country, but fighting, high prices and a failing economy are pushing people to the brink

Launch of Poem “Our Future Will...

Eavan Boland, Irish poet, addresses the event to launch her poem “Our Future Will Become the Past of Other Women”

December 5, 2018

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)

December 4, 2018

UN: Global Humanitarian Crisis Will Continue...

Something like one person in 70 around the world is caught up in crisis and urgently needs humanitarian help or protection

UN Says More than 150 Women,...

The horrific cases of sexual violence are among the many atrocities reported in South Sudan since the world’s youngest nation erupted into civil war after achieving independence in 2011

December 2, 2018

Iran: Public Execution of a Person...

According to the Yazd Province Judiciary Courthouse’s Public Relations department, Kamran was hanged in public in Taft city,  on the morning of Thursday, November 29

December 1, 2018

UNESCO Adds Reggae, Perfume Making and...

The United Nations has added reggae music to its list of International Cultural Treasures worthy of protection and promotion

November 30, 2018

Bolivia: Coping With Climate Change

Using what is known as ‘talking maps’, farmers work with technical experts from the project to create visual representations of what their community looked like in the past, what it looks like now

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