During his first speech at the General Assembly as the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro said that the world's addiction to money, oil and carbon is destroying the rainforest and its people under the excuse of a "hypocritical" war against (...)
ALICANTE — The Saudi National Football team delegation left Riyadh on Saturday for the Spanish city of Alicante, to start the second phase of preparations for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
The Green Falcons will hold a preparatory camp in Alicante (...)
Did you know that women represent just 38 percent of all ocean scientists? A women-led community organization in the Seaflower UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the Caribbean, is working to restore some of the most important marine ecosystems in the world (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet's session held on Tuesday afternoon at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah.
At the outset of the session, the Cabinet touched upon the overall accomplishments of the (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on Tuesday afternoon at Al-Salam Palace here, applauded Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman's announcement regarding the launch of the infrastructure works and the master plan for (...)
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has called for a fresh global strategy to combat illegal drugs trafficking.
Speaking at his inauguration, the country's first ever left-wing leader declared the "war on drugs" a failure.
Hundreds of thousands of (...)
The UN's sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, has announced the ten winners of its first ever Joint Innovation Challenge; a cutting edge competition to provide funding for social enterprises with innovative solutions that advance the (...)
The UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) aims to adopt a more "ambitious and forward-looking agenda" in 2022, the body's Chair told the Security Council on Wednesday.
In his capacity as Chair, Md Monwar Hossain, Bangladesh's Chargé d'Affaires to the (...)
The incoming administration in Colombia must prioritize tackling rising violence perpetrated by non-state armed groups and criminal organizations in rural areas, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report published on Tuesday.
The violence (...)
Time is running out to protect the world's mangroves, which are not only home to many species but also an important hedge against climate impacts, the head of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on Tuesday.
The (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sent a cable of congratulation to President Gustavo Francisco Petro on the occasion of winning the presidential elections in the Republic of Colombia.
In his cable, the (...)
His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Deputy Prime Minister has sent a cable of congratulation to President Gustavo Francisco Petro on the occasion of winning the presidential elections in the Republic (...)
A very high number of heads of state and government - 157 - say they plan to attend September's first totally in-person gathering of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly since the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020.
The 104 heads of state (...)
Venezuela's rural, remote, indigenous communities have been particularly affected by COVID-19 and the country's socio-economic crisis; community gardens help Wayúu women from Rio Negro to make ends meet, and provide a haven from violence.
Venezuela (...)
The international community should lend full support to the incoming administration in Colombia, which has a tremendous opportunity to speed up implementation of the landmark 2016 Peace Agreement that ended more than 50 years of civil war, the top (...)
The annual UN report on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC), released on Monday, details the devastating impact that various forms of conflict had on children around the world in 2021.
The dangers outlined in the report range from conflict (...)
At least four people have been killed and more than 300 were injured after a stand collapsed during a bullfight in central Colombia.
Footage showed the three-story wooden stand filled with spectators falling at a stadium in El Espinal, Tolima (...)
The marine treasures of Colombia are often overlooked, as the country is known more for its mountains and the colourful towns that dot its coffee region. But just below the waves, a vibrant undersea world with over a thousand square kilometres of (...)
Since the 1980s, a UN Environment Program (UNEP) convention to deal with pollution issues affecting the wider Caribbean region. Since then, the climate crisis has been added to the risks facing the region.
Christopher Corbin, the acting coordinator (...)
Canada's members of parliament will be given panic buttons to call police in an emergency, amid growing harassment, intimidation and threats of violence.
The move was announced by Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino who has himself received death (...)
In Colombia, decades of violence and armed conflict created significant obstacles to human development and sustainable peace. To encourage the private sector to move back into hard-hit areas, the UN is financing an innovative project that is (...)
A staggering 100 million people have now been forced to flee their homes globally, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Thursday, highlighting worldwide food insecurity, the climate crisis, war in Ukraine and other emergencies from Africa to (...)
Authorities in Brazil must step up efforts to find a British journalist and an indigenous rights activist who disappeared nearly a week ago in a dangerous remote area of the Amazon, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday.
Dom Phillips, a (...)
Ecuador will play at the 2022 World Cup after FIFA dismissed Chile's claims that they had fielded an ineligible player in the qualifiers, world soccer's governing body said on Friday.
The Chilean Football Federation last month said it had proof that (...)
The former head of Colombia's once-powerful Cali drugs cartel has died in prison in the United States.
At one point, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela controlled the vast majority of the world's cocaine trade and was an arch-nemesis of Pablo Escobar.
The (...)
