The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

After years of disciplined reform and painful sacrifice, Jamaica had done what few global debt specialists thought possible. Through tough and sometimes controversial spending cuts and fiscal discipline, it slashed its debt from a staggering 150% of GDP in 2013 to just 62% by 2024.

If you’re still heading to this year’s UN climate conference in Belém, Brazil, I hope you booked early. Hotels long sold out, and latecomers face extortionate rates – or the prospect of a dubious “love hotel”.

COMMENT: The £150m cut to the UK’s contribution to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria is a mistake, writes MP Fleur Anderson. But the upcoming Budget is a chance to change course

The United Kingdom has suspended intelligence sharing with the United States on suspected drug-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean, citing concerns that the information could be used to support military strikes it considers unlawful

Armed forces and settlers used bombs, dogs, poison and machinery to attack people and infrastructure at key sites

Mariam Cissé, who posted videos in support of ruling junta, received death threats before being abducted and killed

Some acai berry lovers in Brazil for this week’s U.N. climate summit are in for a surprise when they taste the fruit popular around the world in smoothies and breakfast bowls

COP30 will reveal whether the world’s businesses make this a turning point or a footnote in a missed opportunity.

For decades, the United Nations has intervened in Haiti in a bid to address persistent political, economic and security crises. To date, all attempts have failed.

China’s emissions flat or falling over last 18 months, according to new analysis

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro said that, should the U.S. attack the country, he will "declare a general insurrectional strike."