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.
Tag: United Nations
Press Conference on Independent International Commission...
Miloon Kothari, a member of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, speaks with media about the Commission’s first report
UN: Bangladesh’s Shutting Down of Guman...
Bangladesh’s decision to shut down a leading human rights group that documented alleged extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances will have a “chilling effect,” the United Nations said Friday, a day after 11 rights advocacy organizations jointly raised similar concerns
During Tightly Controlled Visit, Ethiopia Denied...
Reports of ethnic cleansing and mass detention of Tigrayans have surfaced throughout Ethiopia’s civil war, particularly in the western Tigray region, where authorities have prevented rights groups and media from entering. VOA was granted rare but restricted access to the region, including several alleged detention and mass grave sites
Mozambique Elected to UN Security Council...
Mozambique’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Verónica Nataniel Macamo Dlhovo, speaks to reporters after the country was elected as a non-permanent member of the Security Council for the years 2023-2024
President-Elect of 77th UN General Assembly...
Csaba Krösi, President-elect of the United Nations General Assembly’s seventy-seventh session, speaks to reporters at UN Headquarters after being elected President of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Pramila Patten, the Secretary-special representative of United Nations Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, addresses the Security Council meeting on Ukraine’s peace and security on June
Ahead of Security Council Meeting,President of...
Edi Rama, Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania and President of the Security Council for the month of June, speaks to reporters before of the Security Council meeting on strengthening accountability and justice for serious international law violations
Officials Open Mosques in Xinjiang Cities...
Officials in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region opened long-closed mosques in the two cities visited last week by the United Nations human rights chief to give the appearance of normalcy despite a severe crackdown on the religion and culture of Muslim Uyghur residents, local police officers and government officials said
Security Council Committee 1540 Open Consultations
The open consultations of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to Resolution 1540 (2004) on the comprehensive review of the status of the resolution’s implementation are chaired by Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramirez, chair of the 1540 Committee and Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations
In Geneva, Syria’s Constitutional Committee Meets
The Syrian Constitutional Committee’s Government Co-Chair, Ahmad Kuzbari, attends a meeting of the Committee in Geneva