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More than 200 killed in Sudan as army and paramilitary force battle for power

Intense fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed at least 185 people and injured more than 1,800

Gender equality still ‘300 years away’, warns UN chief

Speaking ahead of International Women's Day, in Doha on Sunday, Guterres feared the progress towards gender equality is "vanishing before our eyes."

Global population hits 8 billion amid increasing challenges for the planet

About 1 billion people had been added to the global population in just 12 years, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2022 report.

Developing countries need $2 trillion a year by 2030 to cope with climate breakdown

Developing and emerging countries excluding China need investments well beyond $2 trillion annually by 2030 to cut greenhouse gas emissions and cope with the effects of climate breakdown

Western nations and UN condemn Russia’s ‘illegal’ annexation of four regions of Ukraine

Western countries and the United Nations have joined Ukraine in strongly denouncing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s move to proclaim the annexation of four occupied Ukrainian regions.

IAEA team leaves to visit Ukraine nuclear plant amid renewed shelling

The UN nuclear watchdog's inspection team is on its way to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

Turkish President, UN chief and Zelenskyy hold talks on grain export and efforts to end war in Ukraine

Turkey’s leader and the UN chief met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for talks on the grain export deal, the situation at Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant and efforts to end war

World population to hit 8 billion in November 2022: UN

The world's population is expected to reach eight billion on November 15

Misfortune hits Afghans again – Aid arrives as earthquake survivors lack food and shelter

The earthquake killed at least 1,000 people and damaged about 10,000 homes

Turkey officially changes name at UN to ‘Türkiye’

Turkey has told the United Nations that, on instructions of president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, it wishes to be called "Türkiye" in all languages, effective immediately, the United Nations announced Thursday. Stephane Dujarric, the U.N. chief's spokesperson told the media that...

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South Korea’s KAI signs $1.4 billion deal to launch mass production of homegrown KF-21 fighter jets

Nine years after the development of South Korea’s KF-21 Boramae began, the Korean government finalized a significant deal with Korea Aerospace Industries for the production of 20 fighter jets