By AFPThe EU's outgoing foreign policy chief has urged the bloc to suspend a political dialogue with Israel over human rights concerns in Gaza but it is likely to be vetoed, diplomats said Thursday.Josep Borrell raised his proposal during a meeting o...

By AFP/Louise DEWASTCitrus growers in South Africa are among the businesses most nervous that duty- and quota-free exports to the United States could be scrapped next year when Donald Trump returns to the White House.The fruits are among 1,800 produc...

By AFPThe world's major oil and gas companies have mostly vowed to stop leaking the extremely potent greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere, but big loopholes in their pledges risk "exacerbating the climate crisis," a report warned Thursday.The r...

By AFPThe percentage of adults suffering from diabetes across the world has doubled over the past three decades, the biggest rises coming in developing countries, a study said Wednesday.The serious health condition affected around 14 percent of all a...

By AFPIsrael's warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, a special UN committee said Thursday, as a Human Rights Watch report said Israel's displacement of Gazans amounts to a "crime against humanity".Israel said HRW's claim...

By UN NewsMeeting on Thursday with non-governmental entities in Baku for the COP29 climate talks, UN Secretary-General António Guterres highlighted the crucial role that cities, regions, businesses and financial institutions must play in driving the...

By UN News/Julia FoxenCivic space in the Islamic Republic of Iran is shrinking, as human rights defenders and journalists continue to be targeted and charged for “vaguely defined national security offences”, Mai Sato, the independent UN expert on the...

By UN NewsThe UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, is living through the “darkest moment” of its 75-year history, Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said on Wednesday, pointing to a trifecta of legislative, operational and security challenge...

By AFP/Thomas Urbain with Lucie LequierDonald Trump's triumphant return to the White House signals a potential golden era for cryptocurrencies, whose influential backers heavily supported his presidential bid.After years of ascendancy following bitco...

By AFP/Lina VanegasIn 2016, a Colombian court sent a powerful statement on environmental protection by ruling that a crucial river in the northwestern Choco jungle, which was being decimated by illegal mining, had legal rights.The landmark decision,...

By AFPTwo years after his son was arrested at home in El Salvador during an anti-gang raid, Reynaldo Santos is desperate to see him, however briefly, to know if he is still alive.He is one of a number of parents demanding "proof of life" after their...

By AFP/Judith RenoultAfter fleeing Iran and making the perilous journey across the Mediterranean, Kurdish activist Maysoon Majidi did not expect to be jailed in Italy for people smuggling.But the day after arriving on a boat last December, she was ar...