Headlines- While Iran's economy, military, and leadership have all significantly deteriorated, US President Donald Trump claims that the Strait of Hormuz is in "extremely good shape," adding that "it doesn't mean we won't smack them to see what happens."
- An apparent mentally unstable woman was shot and killed by New York City police after allegedly stabbing two people in Times Square.
- Leaders from more than a dozen countries, including Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian, China's Xi Jinping, India's Narendra Modi, and Russia's Vladimir Putin, gathered in Kyrgyzstan on Monday for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit.
- On Monday, Pedro Sanchez, the prime minister of Spain, accused Russian and Israeli-linked social media platforms of spreading disinformation regarding the July refugee crisis in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
- On Monday, US President Donald Trump's administration was given permission by the US Supreme Court to proceed with the $400 million White House ballroom construction project.
- 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.
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UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Ilwad Elman from the Elman Peace & Human Rights Centre, briefs the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in Somalia
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East.
UN Secretary-General, Deputy Secretary-General and Chef...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaks with Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and Courtenay Rattray, Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary-General, in between meetings.
Sudanese Churches Open Doors to Displaced Population
Many of the 11 million displaced people living in Port Sudan, which has been spared from the violence in the country’s civil conflict, are using churches as makeshift shelters.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Bintou Keita, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), briefs the UN Security Council meeting on the situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo and MONUSCO.
Chief Adviser of Interim Government of...
Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the interim Government of Bangladesh, addresses the general debate of the Unitef Nations General Assembly’s seventy-ninth session.
UN High-level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance...
Gabriella Balasa, AMR Survivor, addresses the high-level meeting on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). “This disease [cystic fibrosis] makes me highly susceptible to infections, and I’m running out of antibiotics to treat it
Oxfam: “Oligarchy” of Super-Wealthy Undermining Collaboration...
The nonprofit organization Oxfam says that the super-rich who control the global economy, known as a “global oligarchy,” are undermining world leaders as they convene in New York this week for the annual UN General Assembly. They are accused by the organization of making issues like excessive inequality and climate change worse.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres attends the Security Council meeting on the theme “Leadership for peace: United in respect of the UN Charter, in search of a secure future” under maintenance of international peace and security on September.
Behind the Scenes on First Day...
The UN Security and Safety K-9 Unit at work in the morning on the first day of the 79th General Assembly Debate.