A team of experts has found a mummy estimated to be at least 800 years old on Peru's central coast, one of the archaeologists who participated in the excavation said on Friday.
The mummified remains were of a person from the culture that developed (...)
One in five refugee or internally displaced women have faced sexual violence, and the situation continues to worsen globally, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Thursday.
On the 30th anniversary of the campaign for 16 Days of Activism against (...)
The signing of the Final Peace Agreement five years ago generated hope and inspiration in Colombia and throughout the international community, and UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday that the achievements are undeniable, and the (...)
In Colombia to mark the fifth anniversary of the peace accord between the Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC-EP, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday visited a small mountainside village he described as a (...)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is headed to Colombia this week to mark the fifth anniversary of the signing of the peace accords that ended 50 years of conflict in the country, and his activities will include travel to the village of Llano (...)
Of the many agreements and initiatives announced at the 26th UN Climate Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, the UN Climate Communications Lead at the Department of Global Communications narrowed down the three that she deemed most impactful.
Speaking in (...)
The Tuwaiq International Sculpture Symposium activities started Monday in the Jax neighborhood in Diriyah, on the western outskirts of capital Riyadh, one of the "Riyadh Art" events under "The Poetics of Place" theme, with the participation of 20 (...)
At least 58 prisoners have been killed in new fighting at an Ecuadorean prison where more than a hundred inmates died in clashes between rival gangs in September, police said.
The riot at the Litoral Penitentiary in the city of Guayaquil reportedly (...)
Global casualties from anti-personnel landmines were "exceptionally high" last year, with Syrians and Afghans worst-hit, a UN-backed civil society report said on Wednesday.
According to Landmine Monitor 2021, the number of victims rose by 20 per (...)
Governments need to show the necessary ambition on mitigation, adaptation, and finance in a balanced way, and they can't settle for the "lowest common denominator", the UN Secretary-General has said in Glasgow, where crucial climate negotiations are (...)
The Tuwaiq International Sculpture Symposium, also known as Tuwaiq Sculpture, is scheduled to launch on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, in JAX district, Ad Diriyah in Riyadh. The symposium is comprised of 20 international avant-garde artists working in (...)
The Tuwaiq International Sculpture Symposium, also known as Tuwaiq Sculpture, is scheduled to launch on Monday, 15 November 2021, in JAX district, Ad Diriyah in Riyadh. The symposium is comprised of 20 international avant-garde artists working in (...)
As millions took to the streets of cities around the world on Saturday, demanding greater climate action, some countries taking part in the COP26 negotiations, made new pledges to invest in nature-based solutions and a greener approach to (...)
The first workshop of the Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program kicked off Saturday at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), under the supervision of the Small & Medium Enterprises General Authority (Monshaat), in partnership (...)
The first workshop of the Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program kicked off today at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), under the supervision of the Small & Medium Enterprises General Authority (Monshaat), in partnership with (...)
At least 11 people were killed in a landslide in southwest Colombia, emergency services said on Tuesday evening according to the DPA.
The landslide was triggered by heavy rain on Tuesday morning in the hamlet of San Miguel in the Narino department (...)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson launched Tuesday, at the COP26 Climate Summit, an international plan to deliver clean technology around the world by 2030.
More than 40 global leaders have signed the international agenda, including the United (...)
At least 11 people were killed in a landslide in south-west Colombia, emergency services said on Tuesday evening according to the dpa.
The landslide was triggered by heavy rain on Tuesday morning in the hamlet of San Miguel in the Narino department (...)
A pivotal pledge to save and restore our planet's forests was officially announced on the second day of the COP26 World Leaders Summit, and with that deal came a long list of commitments from public and private sector actors to combat climate (...)
United Kingdom plans to remove restrictions such as a travel "red list" of seven countries and hotel quarantine due to a declining COVID-19 threat from abroad, The Telegraph reported on Wednesday.
UK ministers will meet on Thursday to consider (...)
The remaining seven countries on England's COVID-19 travel red list will be removed from next Monday, BBC reported.
Fully-vaccinated arrivals from Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Peru, Panama, Haiti and Venezuela will no longer have to (...)
Colombia's most-wanted drug lord has been captured by authorities in what has been heralded as the biggest blow to the country's narcotics traffickers in decades.
Colombia's President Iván Duque Márquez confirmed the capture of Dairo Antonio Usuga, (...)
Although poverty and privilege "continue to reproduce themselves in vicious cycles", it is possible to break the chain and shift the paradigm, an independent UN human rights expert told the General Assembly on Wednesday.
Presenting his report, The (...)
Five years after an historic Peace Agreement was reached in Colombia, the process continues to show the benefits of ending the conflict through negotiation and keeping victims at the heart of the discussion moving forward.
That was the main message (...)
US officials are investigating possible cases of Havana syndrome illness in Colombia, days before a visit by the Secretary of State, US media say.
US embassy staff in Bogota may have been injured by the mysterious illness, which causes a painful (...)
