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World
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International
11/17/2024 5:43:53 PM
Distractions were bigger than deals in the first week of United Nations climate talks, leaving a lot to be done, especially on the main issue of money.
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World
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Region
11/17/2024 3:54:10 PM
Hundreds of cultural professionals, including archaeologists and academics, called on the United Nations to safeguard war-torn Lebanon's heritage in a petition published Sunday ahead of a crucial UNESCO meeting.
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World
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War in Ukraine
11/17/2024 11:46:17 AM
Russia on Sunday launched a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine, described by officials as the largest over the past months, targeting energy infrastructure and killing civilians.
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World
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War in Ukraine
11/17/2024 11:05:13 AM
Ukraine's energy operator DTEK on Sunday announced "emergency power cuts" in the Kyiv region and two others in the east after authorities revealed Russia had launched a "massive" aerial attack on the energy grid.
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World
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International
11/16/2024 6:27:15 PM
Hundreds of activists formed a human chain outside one of the main plenary halls at the United Nations climate summit on what is traditionally their biggest protest day during the two-week talks.
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World
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Region
11/16/2024 1:39:01 PM
Iran's foreign ministry spokesman on Saturday "categorically" denied The New York Times report on Tehran's ambassador to the United Nations meeting with US tech billionaire Elon Musk, state media reported.
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World
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International
11/16/2024 1:37:49 PM
The United Nations and other international organizations are bracing for four more years of Donald Trump, who famously tweeted before becoming president the first time that the 193-member UN was “just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time.”
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World
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Region
11/15/2024 4:43:46 PM
The UN nuclear chief toured two Iranian uranium enrichment plants that have been the focus of Western concern on Friday after Tehran said it was ready to address "doubts" about its ambitions.
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World
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Region
11/15/2024 12:34:30 PM
Elon Musk, the tech billionaire closely allied with US President-elect Donald Trump, met Iran's ambassador to the United Nations in a bid to defuse tensions between Tehran and Washington, The New York Times reported Thursday.
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Business
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Energy
11/14/2024 4:55:00 PM
Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad stressed Thursday that climate adaptation urgently needs more technical and financial resources and impactful coordination among stakeholders, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Environment.
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Sports
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Omni sports
11/14/2024 4:47:17 PM
Monaco has agreed a six-year contract extension to host the Formula One Grand Prix until 2031, organisers announced on Thursday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
11/14/2024 3:37:04 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty stressed Thursday to Ramtane Lamamra, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Sudan, that Egypt’s primary objective in its efforts is to safeguard Sudan’s interests and preserve its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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World
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Region
11/14/2024 3:06:44 PM
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Thursday that Iran will not negotiate under "intimidation" as he held crunch talks with the UN nuclear chief weeks before US President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/14/2024 2:27:21 PM
Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Aboul-Gheit has urged the US administration and the European Union to intervene to safeguard the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) from an Israeli right-wing scheme aimed at “systematically eroding” the agency.
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World
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War in Ukraine
11/14/2024 2:00:12 PM
When Bart Gruyaert agreed to help rebuild destroyed apartment blocks outside Kyiv, he hoped to be one cog in Ukraine's vast reconstruction programme, repairing just some of the damage wrought by Russia's invasion.
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World
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Region
11/13/2024 10:25:12 PM
International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi arrived in Iran on Wednesday for discussions on Tehran's nuclear program.
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Books
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News
11/13/2024 7:47:21 PM
The event will bring together global scholars from 21 to 23 November to explore the theme of “philosophical critique” and its relevance in the modern era.
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World
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Region
11/13/2024 3:31:29 PM
Iran's top diplomat said Wednesday that communication channels with the United States were still open, a week after Donald Trump was elected president.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
11/13/2024 2:23:51 PM
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly stated that the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) offers an opportunity to reaffirm all parties' commitment to fulfilling their pledges under the Framework Convention and Paris Agreement, particularly in financing support for developing countries.
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World
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International
11/13/2024 12:19:11 PM
More than two dozen world leaders are delivering remarks at the United Nations' annual climate conference on Wednesday, with many heart-hit nations detailing their nations' firsthand experience with the catastrophic weather that has come with climate change.
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