A former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, has been extradited to the United States to face charges of drug trafficking and money laundering.
Hernández, who governed the Central American nation until January, was put on board a US Drug (...)
A DHL cargo jet broke in half after skidding off the runway as it made an emergency landing at Costa Rica's Juan Santamaria International Airport in Costa Rica.
The airport on the outskirts of the capital San Jose was closed after the accident (...)
For several years, the number of people transiting through Mexico, many hoping for a better life in the USA, has continued to grow. The UN team in the country, in close collaboration with the Mexican authorities, is working to ensure that they (...)
A $10 million contribution from the United States will assist the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in its work on COVID-19 response and addressing threats to human, animal and environmental health, including future pandemics.
The funding, (...)
Despite repeated calls for concrete international action to reduce the tragic death toll of migrants, dozens were killed in Mexico when a crowded truck overturned in Chiapas on Thursday night, the International Organization for Migration's (IOM) (...)
At least 54 people have been killed and scores more injured after the truck they were being transported in crashed in southern Mexico, BBC reported.
More than 150 people, said to be migrants from Central America, were crammed into the truck's (...)
Lack of opportunities, gangs, organized crime, the ravages of the pandemic and climate change, have triggered the displacement of nearly one million people in Mexico and Central America in recent years.
To deal with the problem more effectively, the (...)
For the past five years, poverty, food insecurity, climate shocks and violence have pushed, on average, some 378,000 Central Americans a year into the United States, according to a new report launched on Tuesday by the UN food relief agency.
A joint (...)
Misk Art Institute (MAI) announced the 5th edition of Misk Art Week, the institute's annual flagship event.
Taking place from December 1-5, Misk Art Week is a central feature in Saudi Arabia's cultural calendar, engaging creatives through dynamic (...)
The Registrar of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has a clear message to States: it is always better to approach the Court to settle a dispute between nations, rather than choosing armed conflict.
The International Court of Justice is the (...)
More than half the population of Latin America and the Caribbean has not been vaccinated against COVID-19, a senior official with the regional arm of UN health agency WHO said on Wednesday.
Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, Assistant Director at the Pan American (...)
A whistleblower is alleging that top political appointees in the Department of Homeland Security repeatedly instructed career officials to modify intelligence assessments to suit President Donald Trump's agenda by downplaying Russia's efforts to (...)
Central America and Mexico are facing "unprecedented pressure" as the number of people seeking international protection rises and access to asylum and territory is being limited through troubling new border restrictions, the UN Refugee Agency (...)
John McAfee, the controversial antivirus software magnate who'd had multiple recent run-ins with the US law, has died at 75. McAfee was awaiting extradition in a Spanish prison after being charged with tax evasion in the United States last (...)
The United States on Monday announced a plan to distribute the remaining 55 million of the 80 million COVID-19 vaccine doses that President Joe Biden has pledged to allocate by the end of this month.
For all 80 million doses the administration has (...)
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF — Russia's sovereign wealth fund) announced that the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Turkey has registered the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus in the country.
The vaccine has been (...)
The number of migrant children reported in Mexico has increased sharply, jumping from 380 to nearly 3,500 since the beginning of the year: a nine-fold rise, the UN Children's Fund, UNICEF, reported on Tuesday.
Children comprise at least 30 percent (...)
Russia's Sputnik V has seen rising popularity across Latin America as more countries announce shipments and deals to purchase the COVID-19 vaccine.
Nine Latin American countries so far have approved usage of the Sputnik V vaccine — Argentina, (...)
Reporting that hunger has increased almost fourfold in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua in the past two years, the World Food Program (WFP) on Tuesday warned that 1.7 million people are in the ‘emergency' category of food insecurity, (...)
The Arab League in the strongest terms on Tuesday condemned Kosovo's recognition of Jerusalem as "capital of Israel" and its decision to establish an embassy in the occupied city.
The Secretary General Ahmad Aboul Gheit said in a statement Kosovo's (...)
In our review of the global impact of COVID-19, UN News considers the new challenges faced by refugees and migrants during 2020; from a heightened risk of catching the COVID-19 virus in crowded camps, to being stranded due to travel restrictions, (...)
Dubai has emerged as a leading example of a city that is getting tourism back on track following its successful and gradual reopening of its borders and economy, industry experts said during a recent webinar hosted by Dubai Chamber of Commerce and (...)
The United Nations warned on Tuesday of catastrophic consequences from Hurricane Iota, the second major tropical cyclone to hit Central America this month.
"We're running out of superlatives for this Atlantic hurricane season. It's record breaking (...)
Chaired by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president, prime minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, the UAE Cabinet has approved the federal budget of AED58 billion for the fiscal year 2021.
Sheikh Mohammed has asserted that the UAE will (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Prime Minister, chaired today the Cabinet's virtual session.
At the outset of the session, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques briefed the Cabinet on the message he received (...)
