The head of Syria's commission for missing persons said Monday the number of people who went missing during decades of...
European leaders will join Zelensky in Washington on Monday, seeking above all else to prevent another Oval Office meltdown -- but...
EU chief Charles Michel said last month that the bloc should get ready to admit new members from eastern Europe...Ankara secured a pledge from Brussels to resurrect stalled membership negotiations in exchange for lifting its blockade of Sweden's drive to join NATO.
But Ankara accuses Brussels of never seriously considering membership for what would be the largest majority-Muslim nation of the 27-nation bloc.
"2023 is the year that climate records were not just broken but smashed," said Mark Maslin, a professor of climatology...The average global temperature in June, July and August was 16.77 degrees Celsius (62.19 degrees Fahrenheit), surpassing the previous 2019 record of 16.48C.
"The three months that we've just had are the warmest in approximately 120,000 years, so effectively human history," C3S deputy director Samantha Burgess told AFP
The G20, which accounts for about 85 percent of the world's economy and greenhouse gas emissions, will meet in New...Simon Stiell, the head of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, said technological solutions are within reach to curb the warming that is already showing effects.
The G20 summit is the next major set of negotiations in a packed calendar of meetings crucial for action on global warming, culminating at the UN COP28 talks in the UAE.
- The 10-member Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) was holding separate summits with China, Japan, South Korea, the United States...
Host Indonesia told an ASEAN leaders' summit on Tuesday that the bloc would not become a proxy for big power competition as US-China tensions continue to flare over Taiwan
Wednesday's meetings will be more regional in scope before an 18-member East Asia Summit on Thursday to be attended by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
Cairo, Egypt-- Vowing to expand their relations to cultural, educational, environmental, and energy fields, Arab states and Japan have expressed...Bahrain's foreign minister said dialogue reflects the strong ties and joint commitment between the Arab and Asian regions to further enhance cooperation
The minister emphasized the importance of both sides' commitment to supporting pluralism, international law, peace, stability, and prosperity for all
- Osama Nofal, of the Gaza economic ministry, put the value of Gaza exports to Israel and the occupied West Bank...
Israel's army chief on Monday ordered a halt to commercial deliveries from Gaza to Israel after an alleged attempt to smuggle explosives
The Gaza Strip has been under a crippling Israeli blockade since the Islamist group Hamas seized power in the Palestinian territory in 2007
Stressing that “we are in a race against time” on issues from climate change and biodiversity loss to education and...Outgoing UN General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi emphasizes the importance of international cooperation
Kőrösi also calls for urgent action on climate change, education, gender equality, and sustainable development
- Saudi Arabia's embassy in Tehran resumed operations last month. In June, Iran marked the reopening of its embassy in Riyadh...
Two countries agreed to resume diplomatic relations and reopen their respective embassies following a China-brokered deal announced in March
Riyadh and Tehran severed ties in 2016 after Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran were attacked during protests over Riyadh's execution of the cleric Nimr al-Nimr
- Cairo, Egypt -- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called Tuesday for measures to slow the birthrate in the Arab world's most...
"We need 400,000 births per year," said the leader of the country of 105 million inhabitants which recorded nearly 2.2 million births in 2022.
Sisi intervened when his minister of health and population, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, told a conference that "having children is a matter of complete freedom".
- Some 175 nations are working to reach a landmark agreement by end-2024 that will curb plastic pollution, which ends up...
Global plastic production has more than doubled since the start of the century to reach 460 million tons and could triple by 2060 if nothing is done. Only 9% is currently recycled.
The draft deal, published by the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, will form the basis of fresh talks in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on November 13-19.
