President Trump’s Executive Order on Climate Change will have far reaching impacts on many developing countries, especially in Africa, that are already bearing the brunt of the negative impacts of...
Pakistan Monday resumed its mass repatriation of Afghan refugees despite past accusations of coercion in the supposedly voluntary UN programme to return hundreds of thousands to a war-torn nation....
For decades, United Nations (UN) peacekeepers accused of sexual exploitation and abuse have operated under an umbrella of impunity. Last week, Christian Saunders, the UN director of the Office of the...
Award-winning actress, Nana Ama Mcbrown, has entreated women, especially students, to desist from buying expensive fashionable materials such as Brazilian wigs, Peruvian wigs, dresses, designer bags,...
President Bashar al-Assad has no future in post-conflict Syria but his fate is ultimately up to the Syrian people, EU foreign ministers said Monday in response to an apparent shift in US policy. The...
Mali’s government should start talks with the leaders of two Islamist groups that have staged deadly attacks on Malian and French soldiers and U. N. peacekeepers, a peace conference said on Sunday....
The International Monetary Fund(IMF) has told Citi Business News government has assured the fund of its commitment to implement the ECF programme and achieve stability despite the resignation of the...
Ghana and Japan on Friday signed two grant agreements totalling $58.4 million, geared towards the improvement of international corridor roads and sector budget support to promote health service...
Racism against Aborigines in Australia is widespread and "deeply disturbing", a United Nations envoy said Monday, urging the government to work more closely with indigenous people. UN special...
Three months after a landmark UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements, the measure has changed little on the ground and some analysts question whether it ever will. Security Council Resolution...
It was first used by the armies of the Roman Empire. Centuries later, the tourniquet is buying casualties in Afghanistan what they need most -- time -- as surgeons adapt their battlefield procedures...
South Korea, Japan and the US held a joint naval exercise Monday aimed at countering missile threats from North Korean submarines, Seoul's defense ministry said, amid mounting concerns over the...
Dozens of children are among those killed in devastating mudslides in south-west Colombia, according to President Juan Manuel Santos. The total death toll has surpassed 200, with hundreds also...
Dozens of children are among those killed in devastating mudslides in south-west Colombia, according to President Juan Manuel Santos. The total death toll has surpassed 200, with hundreds also...
The career diplomats working at the UN headquarters building don't yet quite know what to make of the outspoken newcomer in their midst, US ambassador Nikki Haley. But they agree on two things: She...
Pope Francis on Sunday called for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo, urging an end to the bloodshed in the troubled Kasai region. "News continues to arrive of bloody clashes in Kasai in the...
The Italian government said Sunday that dozens of rival tribes in southern Libya had agreed to cooperate on securing the country's borders in an effort to curb the influx of migrants trying to reach...
More than $260 million has been pledged in humanitarian aid for Syria following a meeting in Doha on Sunday involving the UN and 25 non-governmental organisations from across the region. Qatari state...
The United States will "put pressure" on China to take action against North Korea's nuclear weapons program, the US ambassador to the United Nations said Sunday, days before a high profile visit by...
When a new style of seat suddenly appeared on Mexico City's metro system, it was labelled as inappropriate, uncomfortable, humiliating and embarrassing. It was supposed to be. The seat, moulded to...
