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.
Tag: United Nations
UN Security Council Meets on Threats...
Adedeji Ebo, Director and Deputy to the High Representative of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, briefs the UN Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security.
UN Secretary-General Holds Press Conference with...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres holds a press conference with Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste.
UN Experts Say Terror Groups in...
As terror groups increasingly use drones to carry out operations,United Nations experts say that tackling insurgencies in Africa is becoming more difficult.
UN Security Council Extends Mandate of...
Hadi Hachem, Deputy Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations, addresses UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East.
UN General Assembly Meets to Disscuss...
Dennis Francis, President of the 78th UN General Assembly, chairs the United Nations General Assembly informal meeting of the plenary on the intergovernmental negotiations on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Council on August.
UN Secretary General Visits Samoa
Youth listen to deliberations during the event on Samoa youth dialogue, during a trip by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to Samoa.
UN Security Council Meets to Dicuss...
Arnoux Descardes, Executive Director of Volontariat pour le développement d’Haïti, briefs the Security Council meeting on peacebuilding and sustaining peace, with a focus on the new agenda for peace – addressing global, regional and national aspects of conflict prevention.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Michael Imran Kanu,Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of August, chairs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Libya.
Permanent Representative of Israel Presents Credentials...
Danny Danon Permanent Representative of State of Israel to the United Nations, presents his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres.