The news that more than 100,000 people in Mexico are now officially registered as "disappeared" is a tragedy, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Tuesday, in a call for action to tackle the country's longstanding problem.
A national database (...)
Hundreds have been forced to evacuate from their homes due to a swift-moving wildfire in southern California that has torched some 20 mansions so far.
The Coastal fire in Orange County, south of Los Angeles, has grown to 199 acres since it began on (...)
The UN chief welcomed on Friday afternoon, the unity of the Security Council in support of peace in Ukraine, while also assuring that he would continue to "spare no effort" in saving lives, reducing suffering and finding the path of peace.
"As I (...)
ALICANTE — The Saudi football national team has started its preparations for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 with two preparatory camps at Alicante city in Spain during the upcoming months of June and September.
The preparations of the Green Falcons (...)
Wildfires and straight-line winds that have ravaged New Mexico for a month have created a major disaster, President Joe Biden declared, unlocking critical federal aid as the state continues to battle the largest wildfire burning in the United (...)
Firefighters slowed the advance of the largest wildfire in the US as heavy winds relented Wednesday, while President Joe Biden approved a disaster declaration that brings new financial resources to remote stretches of New Mexico devastated by fire (...)
The COVID pandemic has caused the deaths of nearly 15 million people around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates. That is 13% more deaths than normally expected over two years.
The WHO believes many countries undercounted the (...)
At least one tornado tore through the Wichita, Kansas, area late Friday, damaging dozens of buildings, officials said.
Worst hit appeared to be the town of Andover, which is about 14 miles east of Wichita.
"We're currently rescuing people from their (...)
ZURICH — Tickets applications for the match between Saudi Arabia and Argentina in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022are proving a big draw among the fans.
The tickets are among the most sought-after matches that have attracted fans, FIFA said in a (...)
The KAUST Hydrology, Agriculture and Land Observation Lab (HALO) is a techie's paradise, with shelf and floor space brimming with remote sensing instruments and calibration tools of every size, shape and color used for gathering and validating data (...)
Police have released footage from the set of the film Rust, including of the aftermath of the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin.
Santa Fe Sheriff Adan Mendoza also released crime scene photos and witness interviews, including (...)
The body of the US National Guard who went missing while attempting to save two migrants he thought were drowning on the Mexico border has been found.
Bishop E Evans, 22, went missing after entering the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, Texas on (...)
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has started making the iPhone 13 in India, the company said on Monday, as the U.S tech giant tries to reduce reliance on its Chinese supply chain.
The phone is being produced at a local plant of Apple's Taiwanese contract (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's Zakat, Income and Customs Authority said that the total number of vehicles that were imported during the year 2021 accounted for more than 546,000 vehicles.
This figure is slightly more than the imported vehicles during the (...)
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 (...)
Many of the millions of refugees forced to leave Ukraine because of the Russian invasion are traumatized and need mental health support. In one Polish transit site, volunteers like Aurang Zeb Khan, have been trained by the UN refugee agency (IOM) to (...)
Saudi Arabia will face Argentina, Mexico and Poland at the Qatar World Cup later this year after FIFA carried out the draw for football's most famous tournament in Doha on Friday.
The Green Falcons will open their World Cup account against Argentina (...)
At least 19 people have been killed in an armed attack in the state of Michoacán, in western Mexico, officials say.
Gunmen swooped down on an illegal cockfighting pit in the community of Las Tinajas and opened fire, local media report.
The motive (...)
Around three percent of Costa Rica's population is now made up of Nicaraguan refugees and asylum seekers, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
Doubling in number over the last eight months, the agency now estimates that there are more than (...)
Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard stressed the need to develop relations and further enhance friendship between Mexico and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, expressing hope to realize joint visions related to the Saudi Vision 2030 at all levels, (...)
A 13-year-old was behind the wheel of a pickup truck that slammed head on into a van carrying university athletes in a collision that killed nine on Tuesday.
In a Thursday news conference, federal investigators said the truck's left tire - which was (...)
A suspected drug lord, whose arrest sparked clashes in northeastern Mexico, has been deported to the US.
Juan Gerardo Treviño, also known as "El Huevo" or "The Egg," was captured at dawn on Monday by Mexican authorities.
A violent gunfight between (...)
The first meeting of the steering committee of the Global Operational Network of Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement Authorities (GlobE Network) kicked off in Riyadh Tuesday.
The event is organized by the UN Office, represented by the United Nations (...)
An explosion caused by a gas leak killed two people and left 18 injured on Monday in a restaurant in a beachside tourist town in Mexico's Quintana Roo state, local authorities said. The two victims were staff members at the restaurant in popular (...)
The first meeting of the steering committee of the Global Operational Network of Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement Authorities (GlobE Network) kicked off in Riyadh today. The event is organized by the UN Office, represented by the United Nations (...)
