Headlines- 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.
- At least 750 people killed and another 3000 went missing on Wednesday after landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet.
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UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
The Security Council meeting on the situation in Libya is chaired by Jean-Yves Le Drian, France’s Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs and the President of the United Nations Security Council for the month of July
UN Flag is lowered to Half-Mast...
In honour of the death of Jovenel Mose, President of the Republic of Haiti, the United Nations flag is flown at half-mast
Press Briefing by the Head of...
After the United Nations Security Council meeting on Colombia, Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (UNVMC)
The Secretary-General of the United Nations...
Sebastian Kurz, Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria, is greeted by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Sudan, Mariam Alsadig Al Sedeeg Al Mahadi, speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Africa’s Peace and Security
UN Security Council Convenes a Meeting...
The United Nations Security Council meeting on Peace Consolidation in West Africa is chaired by Nicolas de Rivière, France’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for July
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
The Security Council meeting on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is chaired by Nicolas de Rivière (left), France’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and President of the Security Council
Pakistan’s Minister for Poverty Alleviation Briefs...
Sania Nishtar, Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Poverty Alleviation, speaks with journalists about the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development at United Nations
Press Briefing by the UN Under-Secretary-General...
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism Vladimir Voronkov speaks with reporters about the High-Level Conference on Counter-Terrorism
Focus on Cyber Security
“As breakthroughs in digital technology continue to alter human existence, we must be vigilant in our awareness of malicious use of such technologies that could jeopardise the security of future generations,” UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu said