Category: World

Updates to this page Published 29 October 2014 Last updated 16 February 2026 + show all updates 16 February 2026 British Embassy Office Lviv, Ukraine, added to list. 2 December 2025 UK Government Office San Diego removed from list. 21 September 2025 Changing reference to “Occupied Palestinian Territories” to Palestine. 1 September 2025 List updated: […]

Across the world, a significant gender gap persists at all levels of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines due to lack of research funding, gender stereotypes, and discriminatory workplace practices.  UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the gap is particularly pronounced in technology, where women represent just 26 per cent of the workforce in data and artificial intelligence, and 12 per cent in cloud computing.   “Excluding women […]

UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists at the regular news briefing in New York that the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, had received additional reports of airstrikes, bombing, shelling – including from at sea – and shootings in residential areas. The violence, he said, “puts civilians in danger and adds to the immense hardship they […]

While there is no official estimate of how prevalent fraud is in the $195 billion global fisheries and aquaculture sector, empirical studies suggest that 20 per cent of the trade may be subject to some type of fraud, according to FAO. Menu of misinformation Some studies suggest that up to 30 per cent of seafood […]

Hon. President of the Comoros, Ministers, Dr Jean Kaseya Excellencies. Distinguished guests. Friends. Thank you for welcoming me so warmly. Today’s gathering reflects a truth Africa has understood for generations. That health is everything. It is the backbone of national prosperity. Because we cannot invest in our future without investing in the health of our […]

  Urgent action is needed to protect children online, particularly from cyberbullying and online harassment. One in six children aged 11 to 15 report that they have been victims of cyberbullying and about one in eight admit they have bullied others online. The Commission has therefore announced a plan against cyberbullying on 10 February, Safer Internet […]

WASHINGTON — A proposal by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to allocate $38.3 billion toward converting industrial warehouses into detention centers has been met with widespread condemnation, labeled by critics as a fiscal and humanitarian anomaly. The plan represents a radical departure from traditional infrastructure, seeking to rapidly industrialize the detention landscape by repurposing […]

In a key address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Annalena Baerbock repeated her call to uphold multilateralism amid “trying times” globally.  She noted that just 40 days into 2026, the world has already seen crises around Venezuela, Iran and Greenland, on top of continuing devastation in Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan and elsewhere. International order ‘under attack’  “The international order is not only under pressure, it is under attack,” she told lawmakers.   “And […]

António Guterres was “saddened to learn of the tragic shooting in Tumble Ridge, British Columbia,” his spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said at the daily news briefing. “[Mr. Guterres] extends his deepest condolences to those affected and his sympathies to the Government and people of Canada,” Mr. Dujarric added. Two crime scenes According to media reports, the […]