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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
An Australian organization providing work opportunities for refugees, a dementia breakthrough from Malta and an environmentally-sustainable Indian packaging company are among 23 new social innovators helping to tackle some of the world's most (...)
Hunger threatens to soar to devastating levels in 25 countries in the coming months due to the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the World Food Program and Food and Agriculture Organization have warned.
The greatest concentration of need is in (...)
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — The Indian community here gave an emotional farewell to Mohammed Noor Rahman Sheikh, one of the most popular consuls general that the city has ever seen. Leaders and prominent figures of the community paid him rich tribute in (...)
Mexico's military police on Saturday halted and turned back a caravan of up to 2,000 migrants from Africa, the Caribbean and Central America, hours after they embarked toward the United States, according to Reuters witnesses.
The migrants had (...)
More than 125 migrant mothers and children have sued the U.S. government, claiming the Trump administration has violated the rights of asylum-seekers through the arbitrary and capricious implementation of a virtual asylum ban at the southern (...)
Mexico took issue on Thursday with a US Supreme Court ruling granting a Trump administration request to fully enforce a new rule curtailing asylum applications by immigrants at the US-Mexico border.
The court on Wednesday said that so long as the (...)
Guatemala's Congress voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to approve a temporary state of siege in six northeastern provinces, a measure designed to tighten security after several soldiers were killed by suspected drug traffickers.
The initiative passed (...)
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele on Friday unveiled a new independent commission to tackle corruption, taking inspiration from a U.N.-backed body that toppled the previous president of neighboring Guatemala.
Bukele, who took office in June, has (...)
