Leadership Council marks ‘new era’ for Yemen, but country remains wary of terrorist threat
President Rashad Mohammed Al-Alimi said on Thursday that with the formation in early April of the Presidential Leadership Council as the legitimate representative of...
Somalia committed to tackling twin threats of looming famine and terrorism, President tells UN Assembly
Despite efforts to move past decades of drought and conflict, Somalia is facing some of the most complex crises in the world, its President...
Least developed countries impacted by ‘range of interlinked crises’ – Assembly President
The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ukraine war and rising costs are ‘severely and disproportionately affecting’ Least Developed Countries (LDCs), the President of the...
Israeli Prime Minister Lapid backs two-State solution
Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday said a two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was “the right thing” for Israel, but he cautioned that...
Sahel security crisis ‘poses a global threat’, Guterres warns
Rising insecurity, including the proliferation of terrorist and other non-State armed groups, coupled with political instability, is creating a crisis in the Sahel that...
Sudan committed to achieve national reconciliation, General Assembly hears
Abdel-Fattah Al Burhan Abdelrahman Al-Burhan, the President of the Transitional Government of Sudan, called for more multilateral action to find sustainable solutions to global...
Inequality in Peru’s Education Sector Deepens in Post-Pandemic Era
LIMA, Sep 22 (IPS) – “When the pandemic hit, I stopped studying, just when it was my last year of school…My parents couldn’t afford...
Worldwide employment in the renewable energy sector reached 12.7 million last year, a jump of 700,000 new jobs in just 12 months, despite the...
The UN health agency, WHO, announced on Wednesday that it is speeding up efforts to respond to a fresh outbreak of the deadly, infectious...
UN independent human rights experts on Thursday strongly condemned the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody following her arrest for...
Guterres urges faster action and financing to stop biodiversity loss 
Horned dinosaurs’ weapons evolved to handle the forces of combat 
Artemis II results show how much science people can do at the moon 
Ebola Spread Raises Fresh Urgency for Africa’s Domestic Health Funding