Headlines- The twin earthquakes that hit Venezuela last month claimed the lives of over 5,000 people, according to officials, who also stated that the country would need $346 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for reconstruction.
- According to the US Central Command, strikes against Iran were carried out for the seventh consecutive night.
- Iranian foeces targeted a Thai-flagged vessel that attempted to transit the Strait of Hormuz, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
- The US attacked an Iranian oil tanker docked at Karg Island, deputy governor of Bushehr, Iran said.
- After what it described as an Iranian strike involving ballistic missiles and drones, Kuwait's military claimed on Friday that several of its ground forces injured and that both military and civilian facilities damaged.
- Iran said it attacked an American military base in eastern Syria on Friday.
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UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment of the United Arab Emirates addresses United Nations Security Council meeting on protection of civilians in armed conflict on the topic of “Ensuring the security and dignity of civilians in conflict: addressing food insecurity and protecting essential services”
Aid Groups Say Sudan War Forces...
According to the UN Children’s Fund, the war in Sudan has displaced at least 450 000 children from their homes, with tens of thousands of them fleeing into neighboring countries. The lack of education, according to aid organisations, puts these refugee children at greater risk of exploitation, child marriage, and joining armed organisations.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Workneh Gebeyehu, briefs United Nations Security Council meeting with an update on the Sudan and South Sudan. The United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the Sudan (UNITAMS) presented a report to the Council on the situation there and its operations
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
The Permanent Representative of Yemen to the United Nations, Abdullah Ali Fadhel Al-Saadi, addresses before the Security Council about the situation in the Middle East (Yemen)
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
United Nations security council meeting is briefed on peace and security in Africa by Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, the Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations.
UN Secretary-General Meets With His Special...
The Special Adviser of the United Nations Secretary-General for Addressing Racism in the Workplace, Mojankunyane Gumbi, meets with Secretary-General António Guterres
UN Security Council Meeting on South...
United Nations Security Council meeting on the Sudan and South Sudan from wide angle. The Secretary-General presents a report to the Council on the situation in Abyei.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Syria) is presided over by Pascale Baeriswyl, Permanent Representative of the Swiss Confederation and President of the Security Council for the month of May
Bangladesh delegation with Rohingya to visit...
Bangladesh is moving full steam ahead with a China-backed project to begin repatriating Rohingya to Myanmar, a plan that Human Rights Watch warned would put the lives of the persecuted refugees at “grave risk.”
During UN conference in Doha, Qatar,...
This week, Afghan protesters demonstrated in Paris, demanding the international community refuse to recognize the Taliban. The demonstration comes as a U.N.-organized meeting on how to engage with the Taliban is taking place in