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UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday strongly condemned an escalation in drone strikes across Sudan this month, which killed at least 306 people and injured hundreds more in the first three weeks of October alone.
A new Kenyan initiative is helping farmers better understand their soils in a bid to improve crop yields amid intensifying climate shocks.
As Ebola continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), more resources are needed to fight the disease and feed patients and families, UN agencies said on Friday.
Europe is undergoing a major transformation shaped by an unusual number of geopolitical pressures happening at once. For centuries, European security
Aid agencies warned on Friday of the fast-developing humanitarian emergency inside Taiz City in Yemen, which has been encircled by de facto Houthi forces fighting government troops along the country’s west coast.
Is the US-Ukraine relationship at a breaking point, or is this just the next page in Trump’s negotiation playbook? On this episode of Talking Geopolitics, GPF Chairman George Friedman joins host Christian Smith to discu...
Is the US-Ukraine relationship at a breaking point, or is this just the next page in Trump’s negotiation playbook? On this episode of Talking Geopolitics, GPF Chairman George Friedman joins host Christian Smith to discu...
Long-range Russian attacks across Ukraine are intensifying, including in Kyiv, causing at least 14 civilian deaths and 78 injuries overnight into Thursday, as UN agencies continue to provide aid.
A patient in France has died after being infected with Shamonda virus, the first recorded human case of the disease.
The deadly flash flood that tore through Nepal in August is a “defining moment” for both the country and the international community, according to the head of the UN field agency which builds roads, schools and clinics i...
Mothers around the world get nearly eight times as much paid leave as fathers, leaving women to shoulder most of the care burden – at a cost to families, children and economies, according to new UN data published on Thur...
Troop movements. The U.S. has reportedly been reducing the number of troops stationed at bases across the Middle East in recent days. Troop presence has