World Mar 19 Attack in West Bank town casts shadow over ongoing Israeli-Palestinian talks A Palestinian gunman opened fire at an Israeli vehicle in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, wounding two people, Israeli officials said. The attack cast a shadow over Egyptian-mediated efforts to lower tensions ahead of a sensitive holiday period beginning…
World Mar 01 Egypt struggles with troubled economy due to Ukraine war Egypt is in an economic crisis worsened by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
World Feb 27 UN raises $1.2 billion for Yemen humanitarian crisis, far below its 2023 target The United Nations has raised $1.2 billion in humanitarian aid pledges for Yemen at a conference aimed at helping millions of people in the war-stricken country.
World Jan 11 Arms supplied by UK, U.S. killed civilians in Yemen, report says A new report has found that weapons supplied by the United Kingdom and the United States and used by a Saudi-led coalition in war-torn Yemen killed at least 87 civilians and wounded 136 others in just over a year.
World Nov 20 COP27 closes with deal struck for climate disaster fund, but no new emissions cuts For the first time, the nations of the world decided to help pay for the damage an overheating world is inflicting on poor countries, but they finished marathon climate talks on Sunday without further addressing the root cause of those…
World Nov 19 UN climate talks poised for deal creating disaster fund for vulnerable nations Negotiators say they have struck a potential breakthrough deal on the thorniest issue of United Nations climate talks, the creation of a fund for compensating poor nations that are victims of extreme weather worsened by rich nations’ carbon pollution.
World Nov 17 Climate change negotiators in Egypt say they remain far from a deal Diplomats say they are far from reaching a deal everyone can agree on at climate negotiations in Egypt, which are scheduled to end on Friday.
World Nov 09 COP27 host Egypt negotiates energy and transport deals Egypt, the host of this year's U.N. climate talks, is racking up a number of deals to green its energy and transport systems still heavily reliant on heavily polluting fossil fuels.
World Nov 09 Former Vice President Gore announces new inventory of fossil fuel emissions at UN climate summit A detailed inventory of the top known sources of greenhouse gas emitters launched by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore at the U.N. climate summit in Egypt on Wednesday found that the top 14 individual polluters are all gas and…
World Oct 19 Yemeni children starve as fears of renewed fighting loom Starvation has threatened Yemen's children for years. Now, as civil war threatens to escalate after months of a tenuous truce, there are fears that things could get worse.