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Fewer people contracted HIV last year than at any point since the rise of the disease in the late 1980s, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning that this decline was still far too slow.

A truce between Israel and the Lebanese militant group has come into effect after 14 months of fighting

Analysis: A ceasefire deal offers a glimmer of hope for an end to an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Lebanon. But the pressure is on from Israeli mayors and officials, who slammed it as a ‘surrender’ and ‘half-hearted’ deal

The tough-fought finance deal at UN climate negotiations was "imperfect", the Azerbaijan COP29 leadership has admitted, seeking to blame richer countries for an outcome slammed by poorer nations as insulting.

Israeli prime minister says he will present the draft ceasefire with Lebanon’s Hezbollah to his full cabinet.

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At a crowded camp in Gaza for those displaced by the war between Israel and Hamas, Ayman Siam laid concrete blocks around his tent to keep his family dry as rain threatened more misery.

The United Nations COP29 climate conference has come to a contentious end, with rich countries pledging to mobilise $300 billion annually by 2035 to help poorer countries fight climate change – triple the current funding levels, but far short of what the developing world had hoped for. Delegates from 190…

Biden says the deal, accepted by both sides effective at 4am local time on Wednesday; US president says he will also keep pushing for Gaza ceasefire