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Crunch UN talks on ways to "halt and reverse" species loss by 2030 have made "very good progress," officials said Friday, as the summit in Colombia marked its halfway point.

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy criticizes U.N. Secretary-General's meeting with Putin at BRICS summit, raising concerns over international law and U.N. prin...

G20 leaders affirmed their commitment to shifting away from fossil fuels after talks this week in Washington, according to a ministerial statement released Friday.

Thirty-eight killed in Khan Younis including 13 children from same family, as survivors sift through rubble

The Covid-19 and Ebola outbreaks brought into stark relief the harms that can come to humans if we interfere too much with nature, placing ourselves in contact with animals carrying unknown pathogens.

A gang coalition controlling large parts of Haiti’s capital has ramped up attacks, several targeting US and UN staff.

Dozens killed in southern Gaza attack as UN rights chief warns of ‘atrocity crimes’ in Israel’s offensive in north.

Nature protection, conservation and restoration is “not a trivial matter but key to human survival,” according to scientists quoted in a 2005 UN report. To demonstrate this, they developed the concept of “ecosystem services” – the benefits that people derive from nature. Over the next 20 years, this concept has…

The war in Sudan is likely to cause heavy economic damage in neighboring countries, the IMF's deputy director for Africa, Catherine Pattillo, told AFP. "What is going on there for the people in Sudan is just so heart wrenching and devastating.

Bipartisan House lawmakers warn U.N. against retaliatory actions towards Israel over conflict with Hamas, raising concerns over potential repercussions and...

Helen O’Sullivan was sheltering from teargas in the West Bank with Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi when the US-Turkish citizen was shot in the head. Soon her testimony will be heard in international courts