Over 50 countries, cities, and organisations pledged new commitments on Thursday to tackle air pollution, protect public health, and help halve its deadly impacts by 2040 – a goal backed by a petitio ...

As the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has intensified since January, the United Nations peacekeeping mission, MONUSCO, is working to protect civilians, including in areas under ...

Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Friday of a rapidly deteriorating crisis in South Sudan, and called for urgent dialogue, the immediate release of detained officials and renewed commitment ...

The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba, and the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, discussed bilateral cooperation in Abu Dhabi on Thursday, particula ...

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Mali on Friday expressed concern about the worsening "multidimensional crisis" in the Sahelian country, which has ...

Ahead of the International Day of Zero Waste 2025, events in Nairobi, New York and across the world have shone a spotlight on waste in the fashion and textiles industry, highlighting the environmental ...

Lifesaving supplies in Gaza continue to run dangerously low, nearly four weeks into the total aid blockade and deadly bombardment of the enclave by Israel, UN humanitarians said on Friday ...

Tantine Moba\'s eyes, once radiant with life, now gaze vacantly into the distance, as her husband stirs a small pot over a humble fire – a simple arrangement of three stones outside their m ...

As part of the International Monetary Fund’s efforts to help its 191 member countries create more conducive macroeconomic and financial conditions for strong and durable economic growth dri ...

The World Bank Group has announced its approval of the Mauritania Development of Energy Resources and Mineral Sector Support Project—known as the DREAM Project—to boost green hydrogen deve ...

The number of people exposed to dangerously high level of air pollution could be halved by 2040 with targeted policy action, according to a new World Bank report ...

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world is facing a "frightening proliferation of racist violence and hate crimes," the UN human rights chief warned Thursday, noting that “racism and white supremacy ...