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.
Tag: United Nations
UN General Assembly Holds Interactive Multi-Stakeholder...
Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS, addresses the General Assembly interactive multi-stakeholder hearing held as part of the preparatory process for the 2021 High-level meeting on HIV/AIDS
UN General Assembly Meets on Prevention...
Catherine Marchi-Uhel, Head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011, addresses the United Nations General Assembly meeting
Opening of UN Permanent Forum on...
Volkan Bozkir, President of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly, addresses the opening of 20th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
Afghan Refugees Smart ID Cards
Pakistan launched a drive on Thursday to issue smart identity cards to some 1.4 million registered Afghan refugees, in what will be a vast national campaign to verify data and improve access to critical services
UN Secretary-General Holds Climate Conversation with...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres holds a virtual climate conversation with youth activists Paloma Costa from Brazil (left on screen) and Marie Christina Kolo from Madagascar
Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Briefs Press
Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General, briefs reporters on April 15,2021- UN Photo by Evan Schneider
UN Security Council Holds Open Debate...
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, addresses the open debate with Security Council members in connection with women and peace and security and sexual violence
2021 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for...
Munir Akram, President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, chairs the 2021 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development
Focus on Refugees: Mozambique
Displaced by attacks in Mozambique’s Palma, thousands of people are struggle with trauma and devastating loss, according to the UN refugee agency (UNHCR)
Co-chairs of Group of Friends on...
Margo Dieye, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Nauru to the UN, brief reporters on Climate and Security