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  • For the sixth night in a row, the US military strikes Iran, and Iranian media reports explosions in areas including Bandar Abbas, Ahvaz, and Iranshahr.
  • Two persons injured in a US attack on the Bandar Abbas railway junction station, according to Iran's ISNA news agency.
  • Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned on Thursday that it would not "allow" the United States to cause instability in the region.
  • In a post to X on Thursday, the headquarters of the Kuwait Armed Forces stated that the Gulf country's air defenses were once more "confronting attacks by hostile drones" that were launched from Iran.
  • Eight more Iranian missiles were intercepted by Jordan's military early on Thursday morning, according to the official Jordan News Agency.

Tag: United Nations

October 26, 2019

UN Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard Has...

According to Callamard, her mandate to investigate Khashoggi’s killing was within the framework of human rights and it did not allow her to conduct an in-depth investigation into individual culpability, which she said the United Nations should have insisted on

Press Briefing by UN Secretary-General on...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (left) briefs reporters on the recent demonstrations taking place around the world

October 20, 2019

A Joint Team of UNMISS and...

The members of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army – in Opposition (SPLA-iO) said they are disappointed that South Sudan’s political leaders are not working hard enough for peace

October 15, 2019

Escalation of Fighting in Northeast Syria,...

While significant further displacements continue, UNICEF’s partners have started providing emergency assistance to families arriving at collective shelters in Hassakeh city and Tal Tamar

Ahead of World Food Day, WFP...

World Food Day is marked on Wednesday (16 Oct). WFP said, for the most part, the causes of hunger remain the same – conflict, the climate crisis and economic marginalization

October 1, 2019

President of UN General Assembly Closes...

Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President of the United Nations seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly, closes the general debate of the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly

September 27, 2019

More than 10,000 People Immunized...

As more than 10,000 people have been immunized against the Ebola virus, Gressly said, “vaccination by itself is probably not sufficient to end the epidemic. It can put a break on the spread, slow it down, but, in itself is probably not going to stop the epidemic.”

Premiers of Lesser Known Countries at...

Premiers of Lesser Know Countries Addressed the United Nations General Assembly’s Seventy-Fourth Session

September 24, 2019

UN Climate Action Summit 2019 in...

The Summit is convened by the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and aims to deliver new pathways and practical actions to shift global response into higher gear on confronting climate change, as well as to boost ambition and accelerate action to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement on 23 September 2019

September 23, 2019

Young People Organize Protests to Demand...

Young people around the world have been organizing protests to demand action on climate change. Millions walked out of their schools and workplaces last Friday as part of demonstrations leading up to the Youth Climate Summit at United Nations headquarters in New York

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