Headlines- According to the US military, sixteen Iranian mine-laying ships have been "eliminated" in the Strait of Hormuz.
- In the Strait of Hormuz, "unknown projectiles" had damaged three commercial ships.
- Iran continues attacks in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait, among other places.
- Tehran is rocked by explosions as Iran claims that since the war started 11 days ago, US and Israeli forces have bombed about 10,000 civilian sites and killed over 1,300 citizens.
- The Pentagon said on Tuesday that in the first ten days of the war with Iran, about 140 American service men have been injured.
- Israel's military announced on Wednesday that it had triggered air defenses after spotting missiles coming from Iran.
- After "temporary authorization from the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority," Qatar Airways said it will run 29 flights to and from Doha on Thursday.
- Mohaddeseh Zolfi, an Iranian women's national football player, and Zahra Soltan Moshkehkar, a staff staff member, joined five other team members in seeking refuge in Australia.
Tag: United Nations
UN Security Council Meets on Situation...
Nicolas De Rivière (left), Permanent Representative of the Republic of France to the United Nations, speaks with Christoph Heusgen, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations
China’s Narrow Win of UN Human...
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UN Secretary-General Addresses High-level Meeting to...
Secretary-General Addresses High-level Meeting to Promote International Day for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
President of UN General Assembly Closes...
Volkan Bozkir (at podium and on screens), President of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly, delivers closing remarks to the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-fifth session
Virtual Event on Sexual and Gender-based...
Reem Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates, addresses the event on sexual and gender-based violence, “Strengthening commitments to prevent, respond and protect against Sexual and Gender-based Violence in humanitarian crises”
Prime Minister of India Addresses UN...
Narendra Modi (on screens), Prime Minister of the Republic of India, addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s seventy-fifth session
Fourth Day of UN General Assembly...
Staff cleans the dais between sessions during the fourth day of the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly’s seventy-fifth session
President of Republic of Yemen Addresses...
Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour (on screens), President of the Republic of Yemen, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-fifth session on 24 September 2020
Progress and Multisectoral Action Towards Achieving...
Mikhail Murashko, Minister of Health of the Russian Federation, addresses the event on “Progress and Multisectoral Action towards Achieving Global Targets to End TB”on 23 September 2020
Press Outside UN Headquarters During First...
Journalists and members of media wait outside the UN Headquarters during the first day of the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-fifth session on 22 September 2020