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.
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Rohingya in Limbo as Some Aid...
Bangladeshi officials say the move by the United States – the world’s largest single aid donor, according to the United Nations – has affected various services helping the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, including health, water and sanitation, education, and livelihood.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Delegates from Slovenia and Sierra Leone in conversation ahead of the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in Libya.
Darfuri Children Fleeing Violence End Up...
After her parents and brother were killed by militias in the Darfur region of Sudan,fourteen years old Gesma fled the region to take care of her younger siblings. Like many children displaced by brutal violence in Darfur, she now works long hours to provide for her family in a refugee camp in Chad.Henry Wilkins reports. …
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UN Security Council Meets on Multilateralism,...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the Security Council meeting on maintenance of international peace and security with a focus on practicing multilateralism, reforming and improving global governance.
UN Security Council Meets on to...
Fu Cong, Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations and President of the UN Security Council for the month of February, chairs the Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security.
Civil Society Forum during 63rd Session...
Marides Santos, of VIVAT International, speaks during the Civil Society Forum during the 63rd Session of the Commission for Social Development
জাতিসংঘ প্রতিবেদন: আন্দোলন দমাতে হত্যা ও...
জিয়া চৌধুরী/ঢাকা গত জুলাই ও আগস্টে ছাত্র-জনতার আন্দোলন দমন করতে ক্ষমতাচ্যুত প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা আন্দোলনের সংগঠক ও সমন্বয়কদের হত্যা করে তাঁদের লাশ গুম করে ফেলার নির্দেশ দিয়েছিলেন বলে জানিয়েছে জাতিসংঘ। জাতিসংঘের মানবাধিকার সংস্থা (ওএইচসিএইচআর) বুধবার (১২ ফেব্রুয়ারি) জেনেভা থেকে এক ভার্চুয়াল সংবাদ সম্মেলনে বাংলাদেশে গত জুলাই-আগস্ট গণঅভ্যুত্থান নিয়ে তথ্য-অনুসন্ধান প্রতিবেদন প্রকাশ করে। এতে বলা হয়, …
UN Secretary-General Meets with High Representative...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres meets with Khalilur Rahman, High Representative to the Chief Adviser of Bangladesh for Rohingya Crisis and Priority Affairs.
UN Secretary-General Meets with Parliamentary State...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres meets with Niels Annen, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of the Federal Republic of Germany.
UN Security Council Meets on Situation...
Fu Cong Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations and President of the UN Security Council for the month of February, and other members of the Security Council screen a virtual reality project prior to the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Sudan and South Sudan.