Category: World

The UN Secretary-General welcomed the move, calling it “an important step toward de-escalation and creating critical space for diplomacy and confidence-building between Iran and the United States.” In a statement issued late on Tuesday by his spokesperson, António Guterres urged all sides to “refrain from actions that could undermine the ceasefire” and to engage constructively […]

A Mexican national and high-ranking violent member of the Los Zetas cartel pleaded guilty today to federal narcotics charges. According to court documents, Daniel Perez Rojas, also known as Cachetes and Cacheton 49, of Mexico, was a high-ranking member of Los Zetas cartel, a drug trafficking organization comprised primarily of former Mexican military officers that […]

“We are not where we would like to be in terms of progress on the roadmap,” said Hanna S. Tetteh, who also heads the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) – a country that remains divided between two rival administrations.  “Some Libyan actors continue to disregard the expectations of the public regarding their participation in political processes, or towards exercising political leadership […]

The way that jobs are designed, organised and managed has a major effect on the health and safety of workers, and, according to the study, – The psychosocial working environment: Global developments and pathways for action – the impact is growing, manifesting itself in rising rates of cardiovascular disease and mental disorders, including suicide.  The report’s […]

I will focus on three elements that are central to the current situation in Libya. Firstly economic governance, then sovereign resources, then migrants and refugees, and then I’ll look at the way forward. First, the United Kingdom welcomes the milestone agreement on a unified budget reached on 11 April.  This provides the opportunity to improve economic […]

For years, we’ve been told that “sitting is the new smoking”. It’s a catchy phrase that seems to sum up a very real problem, but it’s also a huge oversimplification. If sitting were always the worst option, we could solve the problem by just standing up, and that is not the case. For millions of […]

The study, published in ‘Nature’, was led by scientists at The Pirbright Institute. It brought together researchers from: the University of Cambridge the University of York the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme National Museums of Kenya It was funded primarily through the UKRI Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) alongside Kenya’s National Research Fund. The […]

While AI technology is new, information warfare is as old as conflict itself. For millennia, humans have used propaganda, deception and psychological operations to influence adversaries’ decision-making and morale. In the 13th century, for instance, the Mongols destroyed entire cities just so word of mouth would spread to the next, with the goal of breaking […]

The joint report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) finds that extreme heat is already causing half a trillion work hours to be lost each year, with impacts set to intensify as temperatures rise. “Extreme heat is increasingly defining the conditions under which agrifood systems operate,” said WMO […]

Following decades of conflict, the Government of Colombia and the FARC-EP rebel group signed an historic Final Agreement on 24 November 2016.  The following year, the Council authorised the creation of a UN Verification Mission in Colombia to oversee the accord’s implementation.  However, the Council narrowed the scope of the Mission’s mandate in October 2025, […]