Headlines- At least 750 people killed and another 3000 went missing on Wednesday after landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet.
- After US forces struck two rocket launchers on Iran's Larak Island, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran says to have attacked US bases in Jordan.
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says that several Iranian fighters and civilians were killed and injured in the US attack on Larak Island.
- Since resuming its naval blockade of Iran on July 14, US Central Command claimed to have diverted 83 commercial vessels, disabled three, and boarded two.
- Guinea-Bissau held a referendum on Sunday to decide whether to grant the president additional authority.
- At least eight people died, 237 have been rescued, and 23 are still missing after a passenger ferry capsized off the coast of northern Cyprus on Sunday.
- NASA launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which is intended to survey the universe on a never-before-seen scale while investigating far-off planets, exploding stars, and black holes.
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MARRAKECH :United Nations-Led Conference on Migration
It was born out of the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, adopted unanimously by the UN General Assembly in September 2016, and is the culmination of 18 months of discussions and consultations among Member States, and other actors, including national and local officials, civil society, private and public sectors and migrants
Scene from Marrakech, Morroco
One of the “logos” depiting migrants at the conference to symbolize migrant children
Rape Victims in South Sudan Speak...
Following the reports, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS,) which has been tasked with the ‘Protection of Civilians’ mandate, intensified patrols in the areas where the attacks were reported to have taken place, and at the same time redeployed engineers to work on clearing roads leading to paths women used to walk to collect food
Visit the United Nations
A United Nations tour guide explains the nature of the Organization to a group of young visitors
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
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”
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)
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