US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Colombian President Ivan Duque.
Secretary Blinken and President Duque discussed ways to renew focus on issues including climate change, the protection of human rights, and the regional economic (...)
أعلن وزير النفط الفنزويلي ونائب الرئيس، طارق العيسمي، تعرض محطة الغاز (PDVSA) في ولاية موناغاس لهجوم إرهابي ألحق أضرارًا ببنيتها التحتية وتسبب في توقف الإنتاج.
Una vez más el Oeste de #Monagas se vio afectado por las llamas del abandono.
La (...)
A second wave of COVID-19 is ripping through Brazil, pushing hospitals and ICUs toward collapse and claiming record numbers of daily deaths.
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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, (...)
Tania Rosas, a Colombian education advocate from an afro-indigenous background, is hoping to improve learning outcomes for disadvantaged communities in her country, with a digital application tailored to their specific needs.
Rosas, a UN Young (...)
At the end of a two-week visit to Venezuela, an independent UN human rights expert noted on Friday that unilateral sanctions imposed on the country have exacerbated pre-existing crises, calling for them to be dropped.
"The devastating effect of (...)
After criticism last year for an early rollout, Russia's Sputnik V vaccine is 91.6 percent effective against symptomatic COVID-19 and 100 percent effective against severe and moderate disease, according to an interim analysis of the vaccine's Phase (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has warned citizens and residents against traveling to 12 coronavirus-affected countries without permission, an official source at the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.
According to the source, the countries are Libya, (...)
Venezuela will implement a week of hard lockdown starting from Monday to slow down the spread of the new coronavirus, DPA cited Vice President Delcy Rodriguez as saying on Friday.
The seven days will be followed by a week of more flexible (...)
Venezuela will implement a week of hard lockdown starting from Monday to slow down the spread of the new coronavirus,
dpa cited Vice President Delcy Rodriguez as saying today, on Friday.
The seven days will be followed by a week of more flexible (...)
UN agencies in Brazil are supporting a national response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including by providing thousands of protective items for health workers, the global organization reported on Tuesday.
Resident Coordinator in the country, Niky (...)
The European Union has agreed to establish a regime similar to the Magnitsky Act in America that will allow the 27 member bloc to sanction those responsible for human rights abuses.
The decision came at a meeting of European foreign ministers in (...)
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday, launched a $6.4 billion emergency funding appeal to reach more than 190 million children affected by humanitarian crises amidst the coronavirus pandemic.
The appeal for 2021, which is a 35 percent (...)
Oil prices are largely stable on Wednesday as the market avoids leaning heavily on positive vaccine news, waiting for the next day's crucial OPEC+ meeting instead.
The price of OPEC basket of 13 crudes stood at $46.72 a barrel on Tuesday, compared (...)
The National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after N.F. Gamaleya of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Gamaleya Center) and Russia's sovereign wealth fund Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), announced (...)
It is a position cutting across party lines in the United States not to restore the 2015 Iran nuclear deal without changes, a senior American diplomat told Emirates News Agency (WAM), adding that addressing Tehran's missile program and regional (...)
Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan received on Thursday US Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela Elliott Abrams, UAE state news agency WAM reported.
The meeting, which was held at the ministry's (...)
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia's sovereign wealth fund, and the Gamaleya National Center for Microbiology and Epidemiology, supported by international partners, are launching a campaign across all major social media platforms to (...)
People in four food insecurity "hotspots" inside Burkina Faso, northeastern Nigeria, South Sudan, and Yemen, need help urgently to avoid sliding into famine, UN humanitarians said on Friday.
"We are concerned that they may be facing an elevated risk (...)
Oil prices rose as the market welcomes US stock draws and puts hope on OPEC+, amid excitement for the US election.
This Wednesday is a day when oil prices carry risk and can show volatility.
Prices have continued Tuesday's rally and they are up on a (...)
The US presidential election of 2020 comes amid a pandemic that has ravaged energy markets and the two main candidates have very divergent energy visions.
Rystad Energy has objectively analyzed what each side's victory could mean for oil prices and (...)
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues its relentless global assault, the UN secretary-general has urged countries not to let up on their support for peace efforts in conflict-affected countries.
António Guterres made the appeal in a message to the (...)
The heads of three UN agencies joined forces on Tuesday to appeal for a global push towards "open science", citing the value of cooperation in the response to COVID-19 and the dangers of treating evidence-based knowledge as an exclusive asset, or (...)
The United States on Monday announced a slew of fresh sanctions and additional measures targeting Iran's petroleum sector as part of the Trump administration's maximum pressure campaign against Tehran.
In a statement on Monday, the US Treasury (...)
The United States on Thursday imposed new sanctions against Iranian officials and entities for "gross violations of human rights," including one of the judges who sentenced an Iranian wrestler to death.
"The Iranian regime has subverted its system (...)
