A Cuban official is being expelled from the United States after allegedly shoving a US diplomat during a heated exchange between US official Mike Waltz and Cuba's foreign minister at the United Nations.
This week three separate groups reacted to attacks on merchant ships and their crews.
The United States is asking the UN Security Council to impose tougher sanctions on the two armed groups fighting in Sudan's civil war, hoping to pressure them into peace negotiations.
India has formally launched its campaign for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for 2028-29, built around a Global South 'SHANTI' vision, as Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar worked the UN on Ukraine and the Middle East.