Headlines- The catastrophic flooding in Nepal has left at least 1,010 people dead and 3,916 missing,546 people are missing and 16 people have died in Tibet.
- 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.
Tag: United Nations
UN Secretary-General Swears in the Executive...
Amina Mohammed,United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, chats with Catherine Mary Russell, Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
One Year After Military Coup in...
Myanmar’s army is holding to power a year after the military coup, and democratically elected officials are facing lengthy prison sentences, as the people continue to fight the coup
UN Secretary-General Meets With President of...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres meets with Vassily Nebenzia, the Russian Federation’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and the Security Council’s President for February
Hunger in Northern Euthopia
After 15 months of conflict, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) released a new food security assessment on January 28 showing that nearly 40% of Tigrayans are food insecure.Meanwhile, more than 9 million people, the highest number ever, are in need of humanitarian food aid across all three conflict-affected regions in the north
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo briefs the Security Council on the situation in Libya
Displaced Families Urgently Need Winter Assistance...
In the Middle East, displaced families and their host communities were already dealing with the economic crisis and the devastating effects of COVID. According to the UN refugee agency, winter storms have only worsened the situation and aggravated suffering (UNHCR)
UN General Assembly Hears the Secretary-General’s...
António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, briefs the General Assembly on his priorities for 2022 and presents his report on the Organization’s activities
Global High-Level Conference on Youth-Inclusive Peace...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (right) speaks at a high-level Global Conference on Youth-Inclusive Peace Process in New York
Ahead of Security Council Meeting, President...
Anniken Huitfeldt, Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and President of the Security Council, briefs reporters on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, prior of the Security Council meeting
UN Security Council Holds Meeting on...
Kaavya Asoka, Executive Director of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security (NGOWG), addresses the Security Council meeting on Women, Peace and Security on the theme Protecting Participation: Addressing Violence Against Women in Peace and Security Processes