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.
Tag: United Nations
Many Hurdles on the Way to...
Holding perpetrators of genocide in hina, Myanmar, and elsewhere accountable for atrocities is a worldwide goal but there are many obstacles to seeking justice through courts, panelists told a Washington hearing this week
Press Briefing by the President of...
Following Security Council meetings, Nicolas de Rivière, France’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and the month’s President of the Security Council, briefs reporters
UN Security Council Convenes to Discuss...
Gilad Erdan, Israel’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, speaks at a Security Council meeting about the Middle East situation
The United Nations Security Council Meets...
Ammar Mohammed Mahmoud Mohammed, Counsellor at the Sudanese Mission to the UN, speaks at a Security Council meeting about the Situation in Sudan and South Sudan
Unpacking Refugee Life
The United Nations signed the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees in 1951 to define who a refugee is. Its initial goal was to protect millions of European refugees fleeing World War II. It changed the treaty to apply to refugees “without regard to geography.”
UN General Assembly Debates Poverty Eradication...
The Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to the United Nations, Rabab Fatima, speaks at a United Nations General Assembly meeting on “Poverty eradication and other development issues” and “Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social, and related fields”
The United Nations General Assembly Meets...
Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’ Chef de Cabinet, speaks at a General Assembly discussion on the International Decade for People of African Descent’s midterm assessment
UN Deputy Secretary-General Meets with Costa...
Epsy Campbell Barr, Vice President of Costa Rica, meets with United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Amina Mohammed, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, speaks at a Security Council meeting on the protection of people in armed conflict, with a focus on humanitarian space
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