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 Chief Guterres Breaks Ramadan Fast...
the chief of Bangladesh’s interim government were joined by about 100,000 Rohingya refugees for iftar – the meal to break the fast at sundown during Ramadan – at the Ukhia camp in Cox’s Bazar on Friday.
UN General Assembly Meets to Discuss...
Courtenay Rattray, Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary-General, addresses the informal plenary meeting of the 79th UN General Assembly to commemorate the International Day to Combat Islamophobia .
UN Security Council Hears Reports on...
Al-Harith Idriss Al-Harith Mohamed, Permanent Representative of the Sudan to the United Nations, addresses the UN Security Council meeting that heard Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan.
ECOSOC 2025 Development Cooperation Forum
Noela Pantoja Crespo,Executive Director of the Peruvian Agency for International Cooperation (APCI), addresses the opening of the 2025 Development Cooperation Forum of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
UN Security Council Meets on Maintenance...
Christina Markus Lassen, Permanent Representative of Denmark to the United Nations and President of the UN Security Council for the month of March, chairs the Security Council meeting on cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security
Observance of International Women’s Day 2025...
Gymnast Gold Medalist and survivor of abuse, addresses the United Nations General Assembly Hall during the United Nations observance of International Women’s Day (IWD) 2025 on March 7,2025. This year’s theme is “For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment”.
UN Secretary-General Meets President of European...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (centre left in front) meets with Abdel Fattah El Sisi (at left in front), President of Arab Republic of Egypt on the sidelines of the Extraordinary Arab Summit on the situation in the Middle East and on Gaza reconstruction held in Cairo.
UNICEF Rings Alarm Over Child Abuse...
Pacific island children are experiencing “alarming” violence and abuse, amongst the highest rates in the world, amid a lack of government-funded services, religious and cultural barriers and growing drug use.
UN Security Council Meets on Situation...
UN Security Council Meets on Situation in Middle East, Including Palestinian Question.
UN General Assembly Continues Emergency Special...
Francisco José Da Cruz,Vice-President of the seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Angola to the United Nations, chairs the 20th plenary meeting of the resumed UN General Assembly Eleventh Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly on Ukraine.