Headlines- 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
- Police and pritesters clashed during Saturday's large-scale protests across France over social injustice, exorbitant prices, and the condition of the educational system.
- 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.
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UN Secretary-General Meets with Yemen’s Special...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and Hans Grundberg, the Secretary-Special General’s Envoy for Yemen, Meet
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu briefs United Nations Security Council on the situation in the Middle East (Syria)
President of the UN Security Council...
Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of September, Geraldine Byrne Nason, briefs reporters on the Security Council’s work agenda
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
The United Natiins Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, particularly the Palestinian conflict, is chaired by Harsh Vardhan Shringla, India’s Foreign Secretary and President of the Security Council for the month of August
Aid Organizations in Afghanistan Adapt to...
The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan was already poor before the Taliban marched into Kabul on Aug. 15, and it has only become worse as relief workers adjust to a new operating environment
UN Secretary-General Hosts a Town...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (not shown) hosts a Town Hall meeting with UN personnel in Afghanistan on August 25,2021.In the picture, Amina Mohammed (left),Deputy Secretary-General, speaks with Atul Khare, the Under-Secretary-General for Operational Support, on the right
UN Security Council Discusses Middle East...
The Syrian Arab Republic’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Mounzer Mounzer, speaks at a Security Council meeting about the Middle East issue (Syria)
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Mohamed Khaled Khiari, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General of the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations for the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific, updates the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Yemen)
“Surviving Terrorism: The Power of Connections,”...
Surviving Terrorism: The Power of Connections,”: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres at a high-level event commemorating the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
UN Emergency Livelihoods Support in Yemen
eopardising the food security and livelihoods of millions of Yemenis.Rhe government’s necessary COVID-19 restriction measures, enacted to prevent the virus’s transmission, have exacerbated food supply and access at the home level