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U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon say they have faced increased violence from Israeli forces over the past year

US Ambassador to Poland Tom Rose has taken the unprecedented step of immediately severing diplomatic relations with the Speaker of the Polish Parliament, Wlodzimierz Czarzasty.

Experts identify potentially serious breaches over treatment of people and call for ‘one in, one out’ scheme to end

An environmental expert from Nigeria, a climate policy consultant from Kenya, an oceanographer from Indonesia and an Indigenous social development specialist from the Philippines will are among dozens of experts in the UK this month as the UN’s top climate body meets to rewrite the the rules for compiling the…

After more than a decade of war, a surge of violence in northern Syria is forcing thousands of people to flee – even as others return to a fractured country under a fragile interim government. With two-thirds of the population in need of urgent assistance and the UN humanitarian response…

The author on taking solace in Joan Didion, discovering Donna Tartt and being cheered up by David Sedaris

In the 1960s, major oil-producing nations formed a cartel to drive up the price of oil. It worked. For decades, nations in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) have agreed to manage supply and raise prices.

Although weakened by airstrikes, sanctions and domestic unrest, Tehran is surprisingly bullish before talks with US

Toxicity from farm chemicals increased for most species groups between 2013 and 2019, with insects worst affected