Headlines- Maxime Prevot, the foreign minister of Belgium, said on Saturday that Palestinians, Catholic delegates, and Western diplomats and officials had been attacked by masked settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
- Three men were sentenced to more than 158 years in prison by a Mexican court on Friday for the 2024 murders of two Australian surfers and their American companion.
- 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
- said it is targeting Houthi positions in Taiz and Marib.
- A missile attack on Aden International Airport put 151 passengers on a Yemenia flight headed for Cairo in danger, the transport minister of Yemen's internationally recognized government said.
- The Amazon rainforest in Brazil has seen the least amount of deforestation in almost 40 years.
- Heidi Levine, a journalist for the Washington Post, was injured on Friday after being assaulted by some Israeli settlers while working in the occupied West Bank.
- Ahead of the country's April 2027 presidential election, French President Emmanuel Macron claimed on Wednesday that political forces are "exploiting" the country's student protesters..
- Authorities said at a press conference that the mass shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday that claimed the lives of three students and one teacher occurred inside a special needs classroom. They also identified the suspected shooter and some of the victims.
Tag: United Nations
The United Nations General Assembly is...
Munir Akram, President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, speaks at a high-level event on “Culture and Sustainable Development” at the United Nations General Assembly on World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
UN Secretary-General Meets with Ministers of...
The League of Arab States’ Foreign Ministers meet with UN Secretary-General António Guterres on May 20,2021
UN Security Council Holds Open...
Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks at a Security Council open debate on Peace and Security in Africa: Resolving Root Causes of Conflict and Fostering Post-Pandemic Recovery in Africa
UNHCR Offers Support to Local Farmers...
UNHCR is providing assistance to local farmers in one of Bangladesh’s poorest districts, which is home to 900,000 Rohingya refugees, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic
Press Conference by Arab Group Chair,...
Press briefings by Sofiane Mimouni, Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations and Chair of the Arab Group for the month of May 2021; Abdou Abarry, Permanent Representative of Niger to the United Nations and Chair of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation for the month of May 2021; and Riyad Mansour, Permanent Representative of Palestine to the United Nations
UN Security Council: Gaza Hostalities
On Sunday (16 May), United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council that the current hostilities in Gaza and Israel are “utterly appalling,” and that “fighting must end.” “It has to end right now.”
VTC Open Debate on the Situation...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaks at the VTC open debate on the Middle East situation, including the Palestinian issue
Famine Fear in Madagascar
Southern Madagascar is experiencing severe hunger as food supplies have almost completely vanished, resulting in a full-fledged nutrition emergency. People have resorted to extreme measures such as consuming locusts, raw red cactus fruits, and wild leaves in order to survive. For the first time, pockets with the highest levels of Acute Food Insecurity – IPC phase 5 or “Catastrophe” – have been identified, signalling a worsening of hunger
Yemen is the Focus of a...
Mark Lowcock, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefs Security Council members on the Middle East during a videoconference (Yemen)
In connection with UNAMI, the Security...
The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq is briefed by Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq