Trump says there are many options short of war with Iran after attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday there were many options short of war with Iran after U.S. ally Saudi Arabia displayed remnants of drones and missiles it said were used in a crippling attack on its oil sites that was "unquestionably sponsored" by ...
Bahamas tourist industry hopes for quick comeback from 'Category Hell' hurricane
As rescuers search for bodies amid mountains of debris and the stench of death on the Bahamas island of Abaco, life on most of the archipelago's 700 isles is little changed. Cruise ships have pulled in and out of the capital and tourist hub Nassau ...
U.N. chief Antonio Guterres urges Japan and South Korea to mend ties
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urges Japan and South Korea to mend relations after Seoul scraps a military intelligence-sharing pact with Tokyo amid disputes over trade.
U.N. chief Antonio Guterres to visit Japan next week for TICAD Africa conference
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Japan next week to attend a government-organized development conference and meet Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other officials, his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Wednesday. Following his arrival in Tokyo on Tuesday, Guterres is scheduled to participate in the 7th ...
At Mideast event, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns Paris climate goals still not enough
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres took his global message urging immediate climate action to officials gathered in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, where production of hydrocarbons remains a key driver of the economy. Guterres is calling on governments to stop building new coal plants by ...
Italy warns of Libya humanitarian and migration emergency as fighting rages in Tripoli
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte warned Thursday that the deteriorating situation in Libya could create a humanitarian crisis and increase the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean. "Ongoing fighting and a rising number of dead, now estimated at several hundred, as well as the wounded ...
U.N. slams Brunei's Sharia laws condemning gays and adulterers as violation of human rights
Brunei is violating human rights by implementing Islamic laws that would allow death by stoning for adultery and homosexuality, the United Nations said on Wednesday. Brunei, a Muslim-majority former British protectorate with a population of around 400,000, on Wednesday began implementing Sharia laws, which punish ...
U.N. mourns loss of 21 staff members in Ethiopian jetliner crash
Flags flew at half-staff at the United Nations on Monday after 21 U.N. staff members were killed in an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said marked a "sad day" for the world body. Guterres lead delegates at the opening of the annual ...
New U.N. access to Hodeida mills could boost Yemen aid operation against famine
The United Nations regained access to a grain facility near Yemen's Hodeida port on Tuesday, potentially allowing an increase in food aid to millions at risk of starvation after years of devastating war, humanitarian officials said. The breakthrough was announced by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres ...
The international arms control system is facing collapse, the United Nations chief said Monday, as he urged Russia and the U.S. to stop the imminent demise of a crucial nuclear treaty. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres used an address to the U.N.'s Conference on Disarmament to warn ...
U.N. chief Antonio Guterres tells Davos gathering: 'We are losing race' on climate change
The world is "losing the race" against climate change, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Thursday at the elite Davos forum, demanding bolder action from governments to arrest catastrophic warming. "Climate change is the defining issue of our time. We are losing the race," Guterres said ...
U.N. chief calls for 'credible' probe into Saudi Consulate slaying of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
U.N. chief Antonio Guterres called Sunday for a "credible" probe into journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. "It is absolutely essential to have a credible investigation and to have the punishment of those that were guilty," Guterres said at a conference ...
