Russian law enforcement reports that it thwarted a Ukrainian plot to assassinate a defense firm manager Read Full Article at RT.com
A passenger plane, en route from Azerbaijan to Russia, has gone down near the Kazakh city of Aktau Read Full Article at RT.com
Ukraine will impose rolling blackouts after a wave of Russian missile and drone strikes, according to local officials Read Full Article at RT.com
Eric Trump has posted a meme depicting his father, Donald Trump, purchasing Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal on Amazon Read Full Article at RT.com
An explosion and fire have killed at least one person at a shopping mall in Vladikavkaz, Russia Read Full Article at RT.com
The General Assembly wrapped up the main part of its 79th session on Tuesday, approving a $3.72 billion budget for the United Nations in 2025 and adopting a new programme to support landlocked developing countries.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 24 (IPS) - This year has been a landmark one for climate and environment policy. Starting with the UN’s COP16 biodiversity talks in October, followed by the COP29 climate talks in November, and closing with the desertification COP16 in December, few years have offered such critical moments back-to-back.
LONDON / MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Dec 24 (IPS) - It's been a tumultuous year, and a tough one for struggles for human rights. Civil society’s work to seek social justice and hold the powerful to account has been tested at every turn. Civil society has kept holding the line, resisting power grabs and regressive legislation, calling out injustice and claiming some victories, often at great cost. And things aren’t about to get any easier, as key challenges identified in 2024 are likely to intensify in 2025.
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 24 (IPS) - Securing new financing for global good has become more challenging than ever. Negotiations at the recently-concluded COP16 on Nature and Biodiversity failed to reach an agreement on establishing a fund to support the implementation of the Framework for Nature agreed in 2022 under the Montreal-Kunming agreement.
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Sudan is confronting a widening famine crisis, with widespread starvation, surging acute malnutrition and mass displacement exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation, a UN-backed food security assessment released on Tuesday has found.
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