Headlines
  • According to Yemen's government, a Houthi missile attack on the al-Maashiq presidential palace in Aden was survived by the prime minister and cabinet. At least five people died and sixteen were injured.
  • Attacks on King Khalid International Airport between October 7 and October 11 resulted in 17 fatalities and 333 injuries, according to the spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.
  • Since October 1, 20 attacks in the Strait of Hormuz have been reported, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations. Two of these incidents were reported on Wednesday.
  • Iran's navy said an oil tanker that tried to cross a forbidden area in the Sea of Oman is on fire in the eastern portion of the Strait of Hormuz.
  • After a shooting at an elementary school in Oregon on Thursday, at least three people—including children—have died.
  • Nidal Hasan, a convicted military base shooter who killed 13 people in 2009 at Fort Hood in Texas, is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on December 3, US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he was canceling plans to broadcast the execution live.
  • Only a few days after undergoing surgery, Pope Leo XIV resumed work, the Vatican press office announced on Thursday.

Tag: United Nations

December 8, 2018

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

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

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