Headlines- After riots, looting, and arson during cost-of-living protests, over 1,800 people were arrested throughout France.
- Authorities have detained a number of people in connection with a deadly stampede in Kolkata, in eastern India.
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy issues a warning that the Strait of Hormuz is "closed," citing five tankers that have been hit since Friday.
- Four drones were intercepted and destroyed over the provinces of Riyadh, Eastern, and Southern, according to the coalition led by Saudi Arabia.
- The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen claims to have intercepted three drones in the southern and Riyadh regions, two cruise missiles over the Red Sea, and a ballistic missile headed for the Saudi city of Yanbu. In the
- Just two days before the new sanctions and tariffs on Russia mandated by the law named for the late Senator Lindsey Graham were scheduled to go into effect, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday waiving them.
- On Saturday afternoon, a car drove through a soccer match in Wichita, Kansas, killing a child and an adult and injuring numerous others.
Tag: United Nations
United Nations General Assembly Will Meet...
As a follow-up to the United Nations Secretary-General’s “Our Common Agenda” report,Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the General Assembly in an informal thematic consultation. This is the 5th thematic cluster on the topic of “enhancing international cooperation”
Human Rights Groups Urge UN Rights...
The U.N. human rights chief must issue an overdue report on serious rights violations by Chinese authorities targeting Uyghurs and other Turkic communities in Xinjiang, some 200 human rights groups said in an appeal on Wednesday, a day after she announced that she would visit China and the turbulent region in May
Over 80,000 People Fled Ukraine as...
In the last few days, over 80,000 people have crossed the border into Moldova to flee the turmoil in Ukraine
UN Head Reiterates call for China...
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday again called on China to allow outside officials to visit Xinjiang to observe how the government is treating Uyghur Muslims there
UN Secretary-General Launches Humanitarian Emergency Appeal...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres launches a Humanitarian Flash Appeal for Ukraine as well as a Regional Refugee Response Plan on
UN General Assembly Convenes an Emergency...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the eleventh General Assembly’s Emergency Special Session on Ukraine’s first plenary assembly
Group of Friends Meeting of the...
High Representative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Miguel Angel Moratinos speaks at the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Group of Friends meeting
European Union Commissioner for Environment Briefs...
European Union Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevicius briefs reporters on the UN’s Ocean and Biodiversity agenda from the EU’s perspective
Building Back Better to Advance the...
President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Collen Vixen Kelapile (centre), chairs the Economic and Social Council Partnership Forum “Building Back Better from Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) while Advancing Full Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”
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)