Geneva, Switzerland -- Nations must resolve the global plastics crisis, the head of UN talks told negotiators from 180 countries...
In response, Hamas's armed wing said it would allow the agency access to the hostages but only if "humanitarian corridors"...
Just weeks after the BBC aired a documentary examining Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's role in deadly 2002 sectarian riots,...India has fallen 10 spots to 150th on the World Press Freedom Index, compiled by Reporters Without Borders, since Modi took office in 2014.
Criminal complaints were issued against a record 67 journalists in 2020, the latest year for which figures are available, the local civil society group reported.
- Another two weeks of negotiations ended with no agreement in August last year, but advocates and officials have expressed cautious...
After more than 15 years of talks, the meeting is the third time in less than a year that negotiators are gathering for what is due to be the last round
Ocean ecosystems produce half the planet's oxygen and limit global warming by absorbing a large part of the CO2 emitted by human activities
"We cannot neglect any element of the climate crisis, including its clear implications for international peace and security,” he adds....Majid Al Suwaidi, Director-General and Special Representative of COP28, calls for catalyzing greater and higher quality climate finance for fragile and vulnerable communities
The UAE will host COP28 in Dubai from 30th November to December 12, which will include the first Global Stocktake to assess progress toward implementation of the Paris Agreement
The White House said Thursday it is "deeply dismayed" by Israeli plans for a major expansion of settlements in occupied...The UN Security Council is considering a draft resolution that would demand Israel immediately cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory
The 15-member council is likely to vote on Monday on the text, drafted by the United Arab Emirates in coordination with the Palestinians, diplomats told Reuters
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement that the funds would provide humanitarian relief for three months to 5.2...
Turkey's people have experienced "unspeakable heartache," the UN's Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said in a separate statement announcing the flash appeal.
Some 47,000 buildings have been destroyed or damaged across Turkey, with thousands of people having sought refuge in temporary shelters.
- Baghdad, Iraq---A leading campaigner for the preservation of Iraq's famed southern marshlands has been freed, two weeks after he was kidnapped...
Jassim al-Assadi, 65, head of environmentalist group Nature Iraq, was seized on February 1 as he drove to the capital Baghdad on the main motorway from the south.
A hydraulic engineer by profession, Assadi has been involved in numerous initiatives since 2006 to restore the marshlands where he was born.
- The oil firm posted a net profit of $4.55 billion in 2022.
Repsol said gas and oil prices "rose sharply during the first half of 2022" due to sanctions imposed against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine
It said the higher earnings had allowed it to boost investments in 2022 by 40 percent over the previous year to 4.18 billion euros,
- Blinken will visit Incirlik air base, through which the United States has shipped aid, and then hold talks in the...
US has flown in some 200 rescuers and contributed an initial $85 million in relief for Turkey, deploying Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters to bring supplies to worst-hi
The visit, which was being planned before the February 6 earthquake that has killed nearly 40,000 people in the country and Syria, will be the first by Blinken to Turkey
- The 15-member council is likely to vote on Monday on the text, drafted by the United Arab Emirates in coordination...
The 15-member council is likely to vote on Monday on the text, drafted by the United Arab Emirates in coordination with the Palestinians
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has already expressed deep concern over Israel’s decision to authorize nine Jewish settler outposts in West Bank
- Washington, United States--The United States on Wednesday denounced Tunisia's arrest of critics of President Kais Saied and called for transparent legal...
Police have arrested 10 public figures since Saturday, including the director of a popular radio station and a prominent businessman.
The opposition National Salvation Front said that the arrests were an act of vengeance without legal basis
