Colombia has sent an additional 2,000 troops and police to help contain a gang that has burned cars and threatened people as reprisal for the extradition of its leader to the US.
President Iván Duque said Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known as (...)
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 (...)
Schools in 23 countries, with 405 million pupils, are still partially or fully closed because of Covid, the United Nations Children's Fund says.
The charity, UNICEF, estimates 147 million children have missed at least half of their in-person (...)
As extreme weather events become commonplace, threatening communities and economies across the world, the UN is helping policy-makers and leaders by projecting the impact of future climate hazards, and recommending the best, most cost-effective ways (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulation to Xiomara Castro on the occasion of taking oath of office as president of the Republic of Honduras.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques expressed best wishes of (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sent a cable of congratulation to Xiomara Castro on the occasion of taking oath of office as President of the Republic of Honduras.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques (...)
His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, has sent a cable of congratulation to Xiomara Castro on the occasion of taking oath of office as President of the (...)
More than eight million new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Americas last week, the highest weekly caseload since the start of the pandemic, the head of the regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists on (...)
COVID-19 cases continue to accelerate in the Americas amid increased demand for testing, the head of the regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
Dr. Carissa Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (...)
The UN on Monday said it began implementing more than a dozen development projects funded by a Beirut-based fund in aid to Lebanese and Syrian refugees, in addition to the Palestinians, mainly revolving around child support.
Some six (...)
About $150 million from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), the largest allocation ever, was released on Thursday to boost underfunded humanitarian operations across 13 countries.
For the Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
Honduras looks set to elect its first female president, Xiomara Castro, after the ruling party conceded defeat, BBC reported.
Castro, the candidate for the left-wing Libre (Free) Party, has a preliminary lead of almost 20 percentage points over her (...)
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 (...)
Forests in at least 10 World Heritage sites have become net sources of carbon, due to pressure from human activity and climate change, according to a new report released on Thursday, by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (...)
Advisor at the Royal Court and Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) Dr. Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Rabeeah met in Riyadh Monday with Honduran Foreign Minister Lisandro Rosales.
During the meeting, the two (...)
Advisor at the Royal Court and Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah met in Riyadh today with Honduran Foreign Minister Lisandro Rosales.
During the meeting, the two (...)
CEO of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) Sultan Bin Abdulrahman Al-Marshad received here Sunday the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Honduras Lisandro Rosales.
During the meeting, they reviewed Saudi (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, Prime Minister, chaired the Cabinet's virtual session Tuesday and briefed the Cabinet on the content of the letter received from Oman Sultan Haitham Bin Tariq, regarding the strong and solid (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Prime Minister, chaired the Cabinet's virtual session today.
At the outset of the session, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques briefed the Cabinet on the content of the (...)
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 (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman sent a cable of congratulation to President Juan Orlando Hernandez of the Republic of Honduras on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished the (...)
