A new airstrike overnight damaged one of the main warehouses used by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Ukraine to store humanitarian medical supplies in the Kyiv region, the UN agency said on Friday.
Peacekeepers in Lebanon have reported a marked deterioration in the security situation along the Blue Line of separation, with Israeli forces intensifying their military footprint in violation of a landmark Security Council resolution, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Thursday.
Following revelations from the UN nuclear watchdog that the former Syrian regime failed to report holding nuclear material and the discovery in May of an undeclared chemical weapons cache, the Security Council meets Thursday at 10am (local time) to be briefed on latest developments and discuss the way ahead.
Victims of Afghanistan’s decades-long armed conflict continue to suffer profound physical, psychological, social and economic consequences, often without access to justice, reparation or formal acknowledgement of the harm done to them, according to a new UN report.
Tehran 28 August 2026 #1 lalasor Fri, 08/28/2026 – 21:53 Tehran Fri, 08/28/2026 – 12:00 28 August 2026 The U.S. announced sanctions against “the manager of the Dubai branch of Iran’s Bank Melli… [and] a Hong Kong-based company that has helped designated Iranian individuals and entities to access the international financial system”. The Treasury Department additionally […]
Washington 28 August 2026 #1 lalasor Fri, 08/28/2026 – 21:53 Washington Fri, 08/28/2026 – 12:00 28 August 2026 The U.S. announced sanctions against “the manager of the Dubai branch of Iran’s Bank Melli… [and] a Hong Kong-based company that has helped designated Iranian individuals and entities to access the international financial system”. The Treasury Department additionally […]
Tehran 27 August 2026 #2 lalasor Fri, 08/28/2026 – 21:55 Tehran Fri, 08/28/2026 – 12:00 27 August 2026 U.S. President Trump stated “I don’t want to meet, they [Iran] do. In fact, they are begging to make a deal”. Iran’s foreign minister meanwhile posited that “putting diplomacy back on track isn’t impossible. It hinges on U.S. understanding […]
Washington 27 August 2026 #2 lalasor Fri, 08/28/2026 – 21:55 Washington Fri, 08/28/2026 – 12:00 27 August 2026 U.S. President Trump stated “I don’t want to meet, they [Iran] do. In fact, they are begging to make a deal”. Iran’s foreign minister meanwhile posited that “putting diplomacy back on track isn’t impossible. It hinges on U.S. understanding […]
Hormuz 27 August 2026 #2 lalasor Fri, 08/28/2026 – 21:57 Strait of Hormuz Fri, 08/28/2026 – 12:00 27 August 2026 President Trump asserted that the Strait of Hormuz “is open. The Iranian response is very mild. They don’t want us to back at them. That’s the whole ball game. The rest doesn’t matter”. Relatedly, CENTCOM’s commander stated that […]
Washington 27 August 2026 #3 lalasor Fri, 08/28/2026 – 21:58 Washington Fri, 08/28/2026 – 12:00 27 August 2026 President Trump asserted that the Strait of Hormuz “is open. The Iranian response is very mild. They don’t want us to back at them. That’s the whole ball game. The rest doesn’t matter”. Relatedly, CENTCOM’s commander stated that “we have […]
