Category: World

It’s been 61 years since Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Two of the U.S. Department of Labor’s leaders came together this year to commemorate the anniversary of the March and discuss key accomplishments in their respective offices. Alaysia Black […]

The United States and Argentina held the inaugural annual U.S.-Argentina Energy Security Dialogue (ESD) on August 23, 2024, at the Palacio San Martin in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose W. Fernandez opened the ESD alongside Secretary of International Economic Relations Ambassador Marcelo Cima, Secretary of Energy Eduardo […]

“I stand here today as a former child soldier, forcefully recruited during the civil conflict that decimated over 50,000 of my compatriots… I wouldn’t be the person I am today without the critical support of the ICRC and the international community,” Musa Timothy Kabba told Members of the Security Council gathered in Geneva on Monday, […]

Separatist terrorist attacks on police stations, railway lines, and highways in Pakistan’s restive province of Balochistan, coupled with retaliatory operations by security forces, killed more than 60 people, officials said on Monday. The most widespread assault by ethnic insurgents in years forms part of a decades-long effort to win secession of the resource-rich southwestern province, […]

If you are dealing with the death of a child, multiple deaths, a suspicious death or a case of murder or manslaughter, call +82 (0)2 3210 5500 and select Consular Emergency. If you are in the UK, call +44 (0) 207 008 1500. If the person who died had insurance, contact their insurance company as […]

Speaking during a press conference in the capital, Nuku’alofa, Mr. Guterres called for world leaders to drastically slash global emissions, quickly phase out fossil fuels, and massively boost climate adaptation investments to protect people from current and future risks.  “This is a crazy situation: rising seas are a crisis entirely of humanity’s making. A crisis […]

ARBAAT, Sudan, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Emergency responders were scrambling on Tuesday to find out how many people remain missing after waters burst through a dam in eastern Sudan, resulting in the worst in a series of floods that have devastated a country already torn by 500 days of war. The collapse of the Arbaat […]

Overview of fund The evaluation aims to enhance the UK’s sustainable growth in Tanzania and improve the planning, implementation, and monitoring of a whole of government partnership development approach. Maximum budget £120,000. All proposals must be received by 20 September 2024. What the fund will achieve The evaluation aims to understand the UK’s impact on […]

In an update, OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke rejected any suggestion of stopping the lifesaving aid operation, despite the multiple challenges linked to the war and ongoing fighting, sparked by Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel on 7 October. “There’s been no decision to halt, there never has been, we’ve been there for 10 months, so [it […]

Russia said the West was playing with fire by considering allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with Western missiles and cautioned the United States on Tuesday that World War Three would not be confined to Europe. Ukraine attacked Russia’s western Kursk region on Aug. 6 and has carved out a slice of territory in […]