- Hundreds of thousands have died since, either as a result of fighting or indirectly through unsafe drinking water, disease outbreaks,...
About 2.2 million Yemeni children are acutely malnourished, one quarter of them aged under five, and most are at extreme risk from cholera, measles and other diseases
Yemen's war broke out in 2014 and quickly saw Iran-backed Houthi rebels seize the capital Sanaa, prompting Saudi-led forces to intervene to prop up the government
- Erdogan told Putin in a phone call on Sunday that is was "important to clear the (Kurdish fighters) from the...
President Erdogan has been threatening to launch a new military incursion into northern Syria to push out Kurdish forces.
Both Moscow and Washington have been putting diplomatic pressure on Ankara not to launch a new ground campaign.
- “It is critical that as we scale up the use of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) we make sure we do not...
Nature-based solutions aim to protect, restore, and sustainably manage waters and marine ecosystems.
New Green Jobs for Youth Pact, launched by ILO and UNEP at COP27, aims to create one million new green jobs.
- The UN meeting, called COP15, running from December 7 - 19, bringing together nearly 5,000 delegates from 193 countries to...
Implementation mechanisms are at the heart of the Paris agreement on the fight against global warming, in the form of "nationally determined contributions"
The current text on biodiversity only "urges" countries to take into account the conclusions of a global review in four years' time
- A month after Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden agreed to repair frayed relations, the US is...
Biden left his meeting with Xi proclaiming that there need not be a new Cold War, while Xi told Biden the two countries "share more, not less, common interests"
The United States and China are the two largest economies in the world, spend more than any other nations on their militaries and are locked in fierce strategic competition
- After a decade of dynamic growth during the 2010s, Africa's second most populous country has suffered multiple shocks, including the...
Annual average inflation is expected to hit 30 percent in 2022 (compared to 26 percent last year), driven by an increase in food costs
A peace deal signed last month between the federal government and Tigrayan rebels has raised hopes of an economic recovery
- A day after summoning German envoy, Iran called in the British ambassador to lodge protest as demonstrations shake the country....
Iran's official news agency said the foreign ministry protested the United Kingdom's support for "terror and unrest", and sanctions it has imposed
Its foreign ministry summoned German ambassador Muzel for the fourth time since September
- The United States is open to amending lucrative green subsidies that have drawn transatlantic anger for allegedly encouraging job losses...
Washington's landmark Inflation Reduction Act contains $370 billion in subsidies for green energy and tax cuts for US made electric cars
Biden defended the act and said it was never intended to disadvantage US allies, and has committed to understanding EU concerns.
- ASHGABAT, TURKMENISTAN - Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber has left the UAE on...
The UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology headed a delegation comprising senior officials from government, private sectors to Turkmenistan.
The delegation discussed ways to develop bilateral relations and enhance cooperation in the fields of oil, gas, clean energy, infrastructure.
- Abu Dhabi, UAE— The G20 Interfaith Forum (IF20), the world’s leading organisation focused on the intersection of faith and policy...
The UAE is hosting the event as part of its ongoing initiatives to promote cultural interaction and global convergence
The 2022 Forum in Abu Dhabi will serve as a bridge between the November G20 Summit in Indonesia and the launch of the 2023 G20 agenda, with India as 2023 host





















