United Nations chief Antonio Guterres (pic) on Wednesday (Jan 22) hailed Donald Trump's diplomatic efforts to help secure a truce in the Gaza Strip following 15 months of war.

Iran must make a first step towards improving relations with countries in the region and the United States by making it clear they do not aim to develop nuclear weapons, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday.

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Officials and business executives at the annual gathering in Switzerland said the fight against global climate change would continue with or without the United States.

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 22, 2025 (BSS) - Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today held a meeting with Wolfgang Schmidt, Head of the Federal Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Tasks, Federal Chancellery of Germany, during the World Economic Forum summit in Davos, Switzerland.

Although the number of new asylum-seekers in Switzerland is falling, municipalities are under strong pressure to take in migrants.

With just days to go before Donald Trump again enters the White House, anxiety is rising across UN agencies fearful he could wreak even more havoc than last time.

The number of Haitians who have fled their homes because of gang violence has tripled in the last year to over one million people, the United Nations (UN) said on Tuesday. The poor Caribbean country has been mired for decades by political instability,

Geopolitical tensions, the rising costs of climate change and unresolved debt issues are putting labour markets under pressure, according to a new report from the International Labour Organization (IL

The conflict in Sudan is taking an “even more dangerous turn for civilians”, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Friday

Renewable energy giants appear relatively sanguine about U.S. President Donald Trump's anti-wind policies. Trump temporarily suspended new or renewed leases for offshore and onshore wind projects and halted the leasing of wind power projects on the outer continental shelf.

A speech by the U.N. chief, economic growth potential in places like China and Russia, the challenges of artificial intelligence and leaders from Spain to Malaysia are set to headline the agenda at the World Economic Forum’s annual event in Davos.