News from our US mission to the UN:
Statement on the Passing of Former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali
US STATE DEPT: Passing of Former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali
From the UN NEWS CENTER:
UN mourns death of former Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali
UNICEF: Malnutrition mounts in eastern and southern Africa as El Niño takes hold
ISIL ‘losing appeal’ in Iraq, but threat should not be underestimated – UN envoy
Zika: UN health agency launches global response strategy; Member States briefed on outbreak
THE WHITE HOUSE: Remarks by President Obama at Opening Session of the U.S.-ASEAN Summit
US STATE DEPT: On the Release of U.S. Citizens in Iraq
US DEPT OF DEFENSE: U.S., Southeast Asian Nations Reaffirm Support for Regional Order
US DEPT OF DEFENSE: Press Secretary: Carter ‘Gratified’ Coalition Will Do More in Counter-ISIL Fight
In other world news headlines...
Archaeologists in Jerusalem find city's oldest known settlement--AFP
Pope Francis will finish his Mexico tour looking straight at the U.S. border (WP)
China sends missiles to contested South China Sea island - Taiwan, U.S. officials (REU)
North Korea’s glamorous girl band is back, celebrating the rocket launch (WP)
South Korea Wants 'Extraordinary' Sanctions Against Pyongyang (IBT)
Turkey's Erdogan repeats 'no-fly zone' call (AP)
China foreign minister downplays missile deployment reports (AP)
Old documents revive Poland's debate over Walesa's past (AP)
Kurds' advance in Syria divides U.S. and Turkey as Russia bombs (REU)
United States wants NATO to step up fight against Islamic State (REU)
Turkey's work on new constitution stutters as opposition pulls out (REU)
DAILY DEVOTIONAL
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
Romans 8:35,37 NKJV
