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 Security Council Holds Arria Formula...
Anastasia Gridchina, Head of the Ukrainian Community of Crimea, addresses the United Nations Security Council Arria Formula meeting on the situation in Crimea on March 17,2021
Ghana COVAX Rollout
On February 23, COVAX shipped 600 000 doses of the AstraZeneca / Oxford COVID-19 vaccine from the Serum Institute of India (SII) in Pune, India to Accra, Ghana, arriving on the morning of February 24. The arrival in Accra was the first batch shipped and delivered in the region by the COVAX Facility
UN Security Council Holds Videoconference in...
Mark Lowcock, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefs the videoconference with Security Council members in connection with the Middle East (Yemen)
Opening of Sixty-fifth Session of Commission...
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Women Executive Director, addresses the opening of the sixty-fifth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW65) on March 15
Focus on Refugees:Syrian Refugees Facing Immense...
As the Syria crisis reaches the 10-year mark, millions of refugees face unprecedented hardship due to rising poverty, lack of opportunities and the impact of COVID-19. 35-year-old Syrian refugee Hala described the downward spiral their lives have taken since fleeing the conflict in their home country and coming to Lebanon 10 years ago
Executive Director of WFP Briefs Press...
Executive Director of WFP Briefs Press on Yemen
UN Secretary-General Briefs Press on Ten...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters on ten years of ongoing conflict in Syria
UN Security Council Holds Videoconference in...
T. S. Tirumurti, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, addresses the videoconference with Security Council members in connection with the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) -UN Photo by Evan Schneider
Venezuela Refugee Musicians in Chile
Former choir director Ana Marvez could not stand to see the musical skills of her fellow Venezuelans go to waste in Chile, their host country. To showcase those hidden talents, she started an orchestra
UN Observance of International Women’s Day...
UN Observance of International Women’s Day 2021 on Theme “Women in Leadership: Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID-19 World”