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 General Assembly President Addresses Opening...
President of the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly,Dennis Francis addresses the official opening of the fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4).
UN Permanent Observer of State of...
Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations Riyad Mansour briefs reporters on the Resolution adopted in the Security Council on Civilian and UN Personnel protection, and the International Court of Justice (ICJ) provisional measures
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (centre at table) addresses the Security Council meeting on maintenance of international peace and security with a focus on strengthening the role of the African State in addressing global security and development challenges.
UN Permanent Representative of Maldives Presents...
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Maldives to the United Nations, Ali Naseer Mohamed presents his credentials to Secretary-General António Guterres on May
Flag-lowering for Iranian President at UN...
The United Nations flag is lowered to half-mast at UN Headquarters to honour Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi,President of the Islamic Republic of Iran,who passed away Sunday in a helicopter crash.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
A view of delegates in the United Nations Security Council Chamber ahead of the meeting on threats to international peace and security.
Palestinian Mother Says “No where is...
As fighting between Israel and Hamas intensifies near to the Egyptian border, hundreds of thousands of people have left Gaza’s southern city of Rafah and many more are on the move. Palestinian families say they have no safe place to flee to, and no aid available when they get there.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Abbas Kadhom Obaid Al-Fatlawi, Charge d’Affaires of the Permanent Mission of Iraq to the United Nations, attends the Security Council meeting on the situation concerning Iraq.
UN Officials Assess Impact of El...
The widespread drought in Malawi, which is linked to the El Nino climate pattern, will be assisted in its recovery by the United Nations. According to officials, the crisis has caused a food scarcity that affects about half of the nation’s population. After visiting Malawi to assess the damage firsthand and identify ways to provide support.
Report: 76 Million People Internally Displaced...
A record number of people have been internally displaced globally as a result of conflict; these people were forced to flee their homes but are still living in their own countries, frequently in refugee camps.