UN chief urges efforts to end crisis in Congo
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for more efforts to end the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for more efforts to end the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
January 2025 was the warmest on record globally, with the average surface temperature 0.79 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2000 January average, the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reported on Thursday.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has ordered the army to prepare a plan to allow the "voluntary departure" of Gaza residents for any country willing to receive them, according to a statement issued by his office on Thursday.
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian stressed on Thursday that his country has never sought to develop nuclear weapons.
The U.N. has published a report carrying testimonies from North Korean defectors about their home country's heightened surveillance of citizens for possession of outside information and subsequent public trials, including execution by firing squad.
In its final statement on Amini's death, the forensic organisation on Friday said the conclusion was drawn after examining the CT scans of Amini's brain and lung as well as her corpse, and according to the results of her autopsy and pathological tests.
Kamala Harris took part in swearing of India-American Shefali Razdan Duggal, who was appointed as America's next envoy to the Netherlands.
The Indian High Commission has retorted that India awaits “demonstrable progress" on certain commitments undertaken by the UK government under the MMP that was signed last year.
In terms of pure numbers, Russia is now easily the largest supplier of weapons to Ukraine - outpacing all other allies combined.
President Wickremesinghe said the government was also holding discussions with India. He had the opportunity to explain the current Sri Lankan situation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently.
