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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UN Security Council Meets to Disscuss...
Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), briefs the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Sudan and South Sudan.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Dennis Francis, President of the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly, addresses the UN Security Council meeting on maintenance of international peace and security.
UN Security Council Meets on Women,...
Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, speaks at the United Nations Security Council meeting on women and peace and security.
UN General Assembly Holds High-level Forum...
Andrea Carstensen, Representative of the Global Youth Caucus on SDG16 of the Major Group for Children and Youth, speaks during the United Nations General Assembly High-level Forum on the Culture of Peace on the theme “Cultivating and nurturing the culture of peace for present and future generations”
Guided Tour of UN Headquarters for...
A view of visitors at the peace and security exhibit during a guided tour of the United Nations Headquarters.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Abdullah Ali Fadhel Al-Saadi, Permanent Representative of Yemen to the United Nations, addresses the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Yemen).
A Malawi Orphanage Provides Shelter to...
The UN’s most recent figures for Malawi show that over 15% of children under the age of 18 are orphans, partly because of the high rate of HIV and Aids-related deaths in the country. Currently, a group called Zoe Foundation is working to provide these at-risk children a future.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Director of Coordination of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, briefs UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Syria).
Asia Weekly: Readying Refugees for Resettlement
Exercises are conducted in the South China Sea by China, Russia, the US, and the Philippines.Taiwan says it will commit to bolstering own defenses. Thailand authorities investigate hotel poisoning deaths. Rare whale washes ashore in New Zealand.
Permanent Representative of United States to...
Representative of the United States to the United Nations, briefs reporters on the humanitarian situation in Sudan.