Geopolitics

Unity, regional cooperation and international support needed for Horn of Africa to develop sustainably

New York: The road ahead “will not be easy” for the Horn of Africa, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said on Monday, briefing the Security Council on her Joint Solidarity Mission with the African Union (AU) at the end of October. more

China hopes RCEP trade deal to be signed, entered into force soon - Xi Jinping

Shanghai/Sputnik/UNI: China hopes that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, the biggest free trade agreement in Asia, will be signed and will come into force ...

Trade deal with China to be signed somewhere in US - Trump

Washington/Sputnik/UNI: US President Donald Trump has announced that the first phase of the Washington-Beijing trade deal will be signed somewhere in the United States, while stressing th ...

Coal addiction ‘must be overcome’ to ease climate change, UN chief says in Bangkok

New York: In Thailand for the ASEAN Summit, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres visited a climate mitigation project in Bangkok's new Centenary Park on Saturday w ...

Guterres in Turkey: UN to study ‘new settlement areas’ plan for Syrian refugees

New York: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday presented UN Secretary-General António Guterres with a plan for resettling hundreds-of-thousands of Syrian refugees, in t ...

US Navy officer, wife charged in plot to smuggle boats to China - Justice Department

Washington/Sputnik/UNI: An active service US Navy officer and his wife along with two Chinese nationals have been charged with plotting to smuggle military type inflatable small boats and ...

ISIS has a new leader and we know exactly who he is: US President Donald Trump tweets on Baghdadi's successor

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday said his government knows who is the new leader of the Islamic State terror group following the death of its late supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghd ...

Kosovo elections: ‘Most significant change’ in 12 years, Security Council hears

New York: Elections held earlier this month in Kosovo represent “the most significant change in the political landscape” there in a dozen years, the UN mission chief told the ...

Syria’s groundbreaking constitutional talks: ‘a clear success of mediation’ says Guterres in Turkey

New York: Mediation is “one of our most important tools to reduce and end conflict”, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the sixth Istanbul Mediation ...

Assad warns of war if political means fail to secure Turkey's pullout from N Syria

Damascus/Xinhua/UNI: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned that war would be the only option if political means fail to secure Turkey's troop pullout from northern Syria.