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
Opening of 17th Session of Conference...
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed addresses the opening of 17th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ( COSP17)
Zimbabwean Clinics, Hospitals Equipped with Solar...
Zimbabwe’s dilapidated infrastructure and the effect of recurring droughts on hydropower are to blame for the country’s long hours of power cuts.Due to its deteriorating infrastructure and the effect of recurrent droughts on hydropower, Zimbabwe experiences long hours of power cuts.To help, government-owned healthcare facilities are getting solar panels installed by the United Nations Development Program.
Permanent Representative of Bhutan Presents Credentials...
Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the United Nations, Pema Lektup Dorji presents his credentials to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres
UN General Assembly Elects Non-Permanent Members...
United Nations General Assembly elects five new non-permanent members of the Security Council to serve for the period of 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2026.
Aceh Court Sentences 3 Rohingya for...
A court in Indonesia’s Aceh province sentenced three Rohingya to years in prison Wednesday for smuggling more than 100 Rohingya refugees in December, although one of the defendants argued that he and the others were victims seeking shelter.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations and and President of the Security Council for the month of June,Joonkook Hwang, chairs the Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations,Joonkook Hwang, addresses the United Nations Security Council meeting on Non-proliferation and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Deputy Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations,Brett Jonathan Miller attends the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations,Linda Thomas-Greenfield, addresses the UN Security Council meeting on the maintenance of international peace and security