Headlines- At least five ballistic missile launches from Iran have been detected by the Israelis since midnight.
- Mehrabad Airport in Tehran is hit by strikes
- The Prince Sultan Air Base was the target of a ballistic missile that Saudi Arabia's military intercepted and destroyed, according to the country's defense ministry.
- Heavy gunfire on Friday injured three peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon inside their base in southwest Lebanon.
- To put an end to the bloodshed, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged serious diplomatic negotiations..
- In a social media post, President Trump said that "no deal" other than "unconditional surrender" will be with Iran.
- Iran reportedly receives intelligence from Russia on US targets.
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Thousands of Returnees Setting Out to...
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UNHCR: Rakhine Not Safe for Myanmar’s...
The United Nations refugee agency on Wednesday said conditions in Myanmar’s Rakhine state were not favorable for the safe return of 1,000 Rohingya from Bangladesh whom Myanmar wants to repatriate under a China-mediated program.
UN Human Rights Chief: China Has...
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Ugandan Activists Decry the Closing of...
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Boat With ‘Dehydrated and Exhausted’ Rohingya...
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UN High Commissioner Calls for Impartial,...
U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet urged Bangladesh’s government to probe alleged enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings and torture committed by state-backed agencies, as she called on Wednesday for reforms to the nation’s security sector
UN Human Rights Chief Advises Rohingya...
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UN Rights Chief’s Office Announces Dates...
The U.N.’s human rights chief on Monday will begin a six-day official visit to China, including to the far-western Xinjiang region where widespread abuses against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities at the hands of Chinese authorities are said to have occurred
UN Security Council Neets to Discuss...
Hossam Zaki, the League of Arab States’ Assistant Secretary General, briefs United Nations Security Council on the situation in the Middle East (Syria
Human Rights Groups Urge UN Rights...
The U.N. human rights chief must issue an overdue report on serious rights violations by Chinese authorities targeting Uyghurs and other Turkic communities in Xinjiang, some 200 human rights groups said in an appeal on Wednesday, a day after she announced that she would visit China and the turbulent region in May