Geopolitics
Kabul: British officials held talks with Taliban representatives in Afghanistan on the current humanitarian crisis situation in the country. more
Antony Blinken tells Lavrov diplomatic solution to Ukraine crisis still open

Washington/UNI/Sputnik: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that "a diplomatic path to resolving the crisis" over Ukraine was still ...

South Sudan: Political violence on the rise, UN rights experts warn

New York: UN human rights experts have warned of increased political violence and polarization between communities across the world’s youngest country, South Sudan, following a fact ...

China, Pakistan discuss extending CPEC to Kabul

Beijing: China and Pakistan, two all-weather allies, have expressed interest in discussing the extension of CPEC (China–Pakistan Economic Corridor) with Kabul authorities, media rep ...

Joe Biden asks US citizens to leave Ukraine amid escalating tensions with Russia

Washington, DC: The United States President Joe Biden cited increased risk of Russian military invasion as he advised American citizens to leave Ukraine.

Madagascar: Emergency teams deploy to areas hit hard by deadly cyclone

New York: Humanitarians are continuing to support Madagascar in the wake of Cyclone Batsirai which hammered the island nation this past weekend, the UN said on Thursday.

IAEA charts Amazon waters, boosting access to life-saving cancer screening

New York: Women living in Amazon River communities now have increased access to breast cancer screening along even its most remote banks, thanks to two new mammography units installed on ...

Iraq makes final reparation payment to Kuwait for 1990 invasion

New York: More than 30 years after the UN Compensation Commission (UNCC) was created to ensure restitution for Kuwait following the Iraqi invasion of 1990, the reparations body announced ...

UN’s top court orders Uganda to pay $325 million to DR Congo

New York: Uganda must pay the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) $325 million in reparations related to the brutal conflict between the two nations from 1998 to 2003, the UN’s h ...

UN rights office warns of risk of further attacks on displaced camps in DR Congo

New York: Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) must ensure civilian protection in the wake of recent deadly raids on camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs), th ...