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.
Tag: United Nations
UN Secretary-General Briefs Press on Gaza
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters on the situation in Gaza.
Permanent Representative of Germany Presents Credentials...
Ricklef Johannes Beutin, Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations, presents his credentials to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.
UN Security Council Meets on Situation...
Eloy Alfaro de Alba, Permanent Representative of Panama to the United Nations and President of the United Nations Security Council for the Month of August, chairs the Security Council meeting on the situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo
UN Security Council Meets on Situation...
Geir O. Pedersen UN Special Envoy for Syria, and Tom Fletcher, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (on screen right), address the United Nations Security council meeting on the situation in the Middle East(Syria).
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Elisa De Anda Madrazo, President of the Financial Action Task Force, briefs the United Nations Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts
UN Security Council Meets on Women,...
Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, briefs the United Nations Security Council during the meeting on women, peace and security.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Eloy Alfaro de Alba, Permanent Representative of Panama to the United Nations and President of the United Nations Security Council for the Month of August, chairs the Security Council meeting on the Sudan and South Sudan.
UN Security Council Holds Open Debate...
Valdecy Urquiza, Secretary-General of INTERPOL, addresses the United Nations Security Council open debate on the theme Maritime Security: prevention, innovation, and international cooperation to address emerging challenges
Permanent Observer of State of Palestine...
Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, briefs reporters on the situation in Gaza.
Nearly 6-inch Megalodon Tooth Found by...
Thirty-five miles off the coast of Wilmington, North Carolina,United States, Christian Corbitt, owner of Encounter Scuba and founder of Apex Fossils, uncovered a roughly 6-inch preserved Megalodon tooth.