Climate change shocks caused record levels of disruption and misery for millions in Europe in 2023 with widespread flooding and severe heatwaves — a new normal which countries must adapt to as a priority, the UN weather agency said on Monday.
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A UN report into the Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA has concluded it must do more to improve its neutrality, staff vetting and transparency.
But the independent review also said that Israel had failed to back up a claim that many of the agency's (...)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia participated in the "camel parade" held Saturday in the French capital, Paris.
Organized by the French Federation for the Development of Camelids in France and Europe, the event commemorates the United Nations' (...)
Canadian police said the heist is not just about gold, but "how gold turns into guns"
The arrests that followed a "sensational" gold heist have shed light on the illegal gun trade between the US and Canada.
Thousands of gold bars worth C$20m (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Health has announced that the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine is now available in Saudi Arabia to everyone aged 60 and above.
Dr. Abdullah Asiri, Assistant Deputy Minister for Preventive Health and Infectious (...)
Canadian police have made arrests and issued nine warrants in the largest gold theft in the country's history.
More than 6,500 gold bars worth C$20m (£11.6m), were stolen from Toronto Pearson Airport, in April 2023, along with millions in cash.
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US President Joe Biden has praised American forces who he said "helped Israel take down nearly all" drones and missiles launched by Iran on Sunday.
In a statement, he said the US had moved aircraft and warships to the region before the unprecedented (...)
Millions of people across Mexico, the US and Canada looked to the skies on Monday to witness a total solar eclipse carve a narrow path of darkness across the continent.
The moon's shadow first touched the surface of the Earth in the Pacific Ocean (...)
Eclipse watchers are keeping a close eye on the weather ahead of a solar eclipse that will plunge a wide strip of North America into daytime darkness on Monday.
Forecasters are predicting cloudy conditions in northern Mexico, Texas and parts of the (...)
The Foreign Office should be abolished and replaced by a new Department for International Affairs with "fewer colonial era pictures on the wall", a group of former senior diplomats and officials has said.
They have written a pamphlet proposing (...)
India and Pakistan are trading barbs after a news report said that Delhi had carried out at least 20 extrajudicial killings in the neighboring country.
India has not officially reacted to the allegations, which were made in The Guardian newspaper (...)
World Central Kitchen (WCK) founder José Andrés has accused Israeli forces in Gaza of targeting his aid workers "systematically, car by car".
Monday's strike which killed seven members of his staff was not a mistake, he said, repeating that Israeli (...)
The humanitarian group, International Rescue Committee (IRC), says the killing of international charity workers this week by an Israeli air strike highlights that Gaza is the "most lethal place in the world to be an aid worker."
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Israel faces growing international pressure over an air strike which killed seven aid workers for charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) in Gaza.
The UK, Poland, Australia, Canada and the US, whose nationals died in the attack, demanded Israel (...)
The two young men are bloodied, their feet clamped in wooden stocks.
"What is the PDF (People's Defense Force)?" their tormentors yell. "Dogs," they reply.
Humiliated and dehumanized, the men are hogtied and dragged across the rough ground by their (...)
WEST BANK — Who wouldn't want a house on the beach? For some on Israel's far-right, desirable beachfront now includes the sands of Gaza.
Just ask Daniella Weiss, 78, the grandmother of Israel's settler movement, who says she already has a list of (...)
It was a simple at-home DNA testing kit, a Christmas day gift, that upended the lives of two Canadian men forever.
Richard Beauvais, from the coastal town of Sechelt, British Columbia, grew up his whole life believing he was indigenous. But the test (...)
India is taking another step in its quest to find valuable minerals hidden in the depths of the ocean which could hold the key to a cleaner future.
The country, which already has two deep-sea exploration licenses in the Indian Ocean, has applied for (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia, represented by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), pledged to provide $40 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) to support the UN agency to continue (...)
The EU is edging closer to a decision about using the interest made on the frozen foreign reserves of Russia's Central Bank to aid Ukraine.
In the wake of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, one of the key measures taken by the (...)
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has downplayed the chances of a truce in Gaza after Hamas gave what it called a "comprehensive vision" to mediators.
Netanyahu's office said Hamas was still "holding to unrealistic demands".
Hamas wants a permanent end (...)
Sweden and Canada have said they will resume aid payments to UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.
They were among 16 countries that paused funds after Israel accused at least 12 UNRWA staff of involvement in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas.
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RIYADH — Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his Canadian counterpart Mélanie Joly underlined the need for intensifying international efforts to end Gaza war and protect unarmed Palestinian civilians. They made the call during a (...)
From above, Haiti's capital city Port-au-Prince still looks serene, its white-washed homes climbing steep green hills that encircle a glittering bay. But to step onto its cracked streets requires a careful calculation of risk and reward.
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As deadly Israeli bombardments and acute food shortages continue, and a threatened Israeli military operation in southern Gaza looms, more and more Palestinians are seeking a way out — if they can find the money for it.
This uncertain exit requires (...)