Headlines- Early on Sunday morning local time, Kuwait's defense ministry announced that an Iranian drone attack had targeted fuel tanks at the country's international airport.
- US president Trump said he believes Iran is to blame for the attack on the school of Iranian girls.
- As the conflict with the Iran-backed Hezbollah intensifies, dozens more people have died in Lebanon as a result with major Israeli air and ground operations.
- On Saturday, Trump visited an air base in Delaware for honorable transfer of six US service members who had been killed in the fighting.
- After a week of strikes, Israel and the United States had almost complete control of the skies over Tehran, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who declared on Saturday that Israel would continue its fight with Iran "with all our force."
Tag: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres
Coping with COVID: A Webinar Series...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres makes remarks during the webinar series on young people and mental health titled “Coping with COVID” organized by Secretary-General’s Envoy
UN Security Council Meets on Situation...
A wide view of the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Yemen) as the Council unanimously adopts resolution 2534 (2020) renewing the mandate of the UN Mission to support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) in Yemen
Press Conference by Head of UN...
Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General and Head of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism, briefs reporters on the outcome of the Virtual Counter-Terrorism Week under the theme “Strategic and Practical Challenges of Countering Terrorism in a Global Pandemic Environment”
2020 Virtual Counter-Terrorism Week: Countering Terrorism...
Ghada Fathi Waly, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, addresses the high-level session of the 2020 Virtual Counter-Terrorism Week on the theme “Countering Terrorism in a Global Pandemic Environment” on 6 July 2020
Virtual Commemoration of International Day of...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaks during the virtual belated commemoration of the International Day of Vesak
Annual Memorial Service to Honour UN...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres holds a moment of silence during the Annual Memorial Service to honour United Nations Personnel who lost their Lives in the Line of Duty from 16 March to 31 December
UN Secretary-General Holds Virtual Press Briefing
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres holds a virtual press briefing on the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Charter, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic
UN Urges End to Sexual Violence...
Guterres commended frontline workers who have found ways to support survivors “despite lockdowns and quarantines.” And, his statement concluded, “We must prevent and end these crimes; place survivors at the center of our response; hold perpetrators accountable; and expand support for all those affected.”
UN General Assembly Hold Elections by...
Mr. Volkan Bozkir from Turkey was elected President of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly. Ireland, India, Kenya, Mexico and Norway was elected new non-permanent members of the Security Council for the period of 2021-2023.
UN Security Council Members Hold Open...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres briefs Security Council members during an open video conference in connection with United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)