Vassily Nebenzia,Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation and President of the United Nations Security Council for the month of July, chairs the UN Security Council meeting on maintenance of international peace and security.
The Palestinian militant group said it is waiting for an Israeli response as the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza entered its ninth month on Sunday after dropping a key demand in its response to a cease-fire proposal backed by the West.
In an effort to prevent migrants from trying to cross the Mediterranean from Africa, the Italian government is trying out with a novel development-focused strategy. If the plan is successful, analysts say, could serve as a model for all of Europe. For VOA, Henry Wilkins reports from the Italian island of Lampedusa, where residents are welcoming the measure after thousands arrived there in a single week last year.
Zénon Mukongo Ngay, Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United Nations, addresses the UN Security Council meeting on the situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Ukrainians are fighting to preserve not just their territory but also their history as their war against Russia’s invasion of their country continues. Ukrainians say that Russia is deliberately destroying their cultural monuments in an effort to erase the country’s history and its identity as a separate nation.
Heavy rain at the height of the monsoon is flooding large parts of northern Myanmar, destroying hundreds of homes and displacing tens of thousands of people, relief workers told Radio Free Asia on Thursday.
In Afghanistan, the rate of opium addiction is still rising even after 20 years of government treatment programs and a Taliban-imposed ban on poppy cultivation.Some Afghans who are addicted to drugs say the Taliban should crack down harder on the sales and purchase of illicit drugs.
Garry Conille, Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior and Territorial Communities, Culture and Communication of the Republic of Haiti, addresses the United Nations Security Council meeting on the question concerning Haiti.
Rohingya are being brought into southeastern Bangladesh by smugglers as fighting between ethnic rebel groups and junta-aligned forces worsens next-door in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, said officials and border crossers interviewed by BenarNews.
The Florida Keys are a string of islands located just to the south of the state’s mainland.The southernmost tip is Key West. Because of its location, migrants—especially those from Haiti and Cuba—find it to be a natural first stop and eventual home.