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The UN Security Council has welcomed the creation and assumption of responsibilities by Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), hoping it will be an important step towards stability and an inclusive Yemeni-led and -owned political settlement. Council members called on the Houthis to engage and work with the UN Special Envoy,…

Hasina Begum was separated from her family and forced to return to Myanmar despite her refugee status. Hundreds of others now face expulsion

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Agricultural workers in the east and Horn of Africa are preparing for their most severe drought in forty years, as authorities warn that higher temperatures and less than normal rainfall was recorded by weather agencies in March and April this year

The presidents of four countries on Russia’s doorstep have underscored their support for Ukraine in a visit to the embattled country

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, received a phone call on Wednesday from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the Saudi Press Agency reported. During the telephone conversation, they discussed the regional and international developments, it said. The UN chief expressed his gratitude for…

A U.N. task force warns that Russia’s war on Ukraine threatens to devastate the economies of many developing countries that are now facing even higher food and energy costs and increasingly difficult financial conditions

Rubble and ashes, overlooked by a single golden pagoda, are almost all that remain of the wood and brick houses most people had built for themselves in the quiet riverside village of Bin in the Buddhist heartland of central Myanmar.

Elil Hoole and Shaun Fitzgerald believe deploying temporary schemes to partially shield Earth from solar radiation will slow the climate crisis, but we need to involve the global south

Ukraine news from April 14: Russia says the missile cruiser the Moskva has sunk after an explosion and fire.

The Transport Ministry has ordered the Aeronautical Radio of Thailand (Aerothai) to prepare for contingencies with a possible increase in aviation and air traffic movement through Thailand in light of limited airspace access resulting from the Russia-Ukraine conflict.