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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UN General Assembly Hears Report of...
A view of the screen prior to the resumed United Nations General Assembly 69th plenary meeting on the Report of the Fifth Committee.
UN Deputy Secretary-General Meets Prime Minister...
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed meets Barham Salih, incoming UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
UN Secretary-General Briefs Press on Situation...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (at podium) briefs reporters on the situation in Gaza. At second from right is Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Mariam Jalabi, Co-founder of the Syrian Women’s Political Movement, addresses the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Syria).
UN Secretary-General Briefs Press on Yemen
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters on Yemen at UN Headquarters.
AI-Powered Violence Against Women
Acts of digital abuse created and disseminated by AI technology that cause physical, sexual, psychological, social, political, or economic harm or other violations of women’s rights and freedoms are referred to as “AI-powered violence against women.”
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Ban Ki-moon, Elder emeritus and Former Secretary-General, addresses the United Nations Security Council meeting on Leadership for peace under the theme maintenance of international peace and security
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Mohamed Javid Abdelmoneim, International President of Médecins Sans Frontières, briefs the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
UN Security Council Meets on Maintenance...
A wide view of the United Nations Security Council meeting on the maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine.
UN Security Council Members Visit Beirut
Nawaf Salam, Prime Minister of Lebanon, hosts a lunch for the United Nations Security Council members at the Grand Serail, headquarters of the Prime Minister of Lebanon, in Beirut.