Russia wants its Northern Sea Route to become an important artery of global trade. However, the arctic shortcut between Europe and Asia is fraught with both political and environmental hurdles.
Demining experts from around the world have been sharing their collective shock at the widespread and growing threat from unexploded ordnance, the new head of the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) said this week.
A 39-year-old man has been arrested in Austria for his alleged involvement in an attempt to blackmail a German baby food manufacturer.
Europeans may have to reconsider their summer travel plans, as a jet fuel shortage triggered by the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz could lead airlines to set higher ticket prices.
Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi is in hospital after suffering a "cardiac crisis" in prison, her family says. Mohammadi won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her advocacy of women’s rights and freedom.
Cargo ships have docked in Haifa, Israel, carrying grain thought to originate from Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine. Kyiv considers the cargo to be stolen goods — but Israel says evidence is lacking.
Sinaloa Governor Ruben Rocha Moya has been accused of protecting the powerful Sinaloa cartel and helping it smuggle drugs into the US, allegedly taking in millions of dollars in bribes.
Indonesia is expecting a “strengthened multilateral system that delivers real impact on the ground,” as one of the key outcomes of the ongoing reform of the United Nations, that’s according to the country’s outgoing Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Multilateral Cooperation, Tri Tharyat.
Journalists working in Haiti are under constant threat of death or injury from rapidly expanding criminal gangs, as they continue to report news and information which they hope will help keep fellow citizens safe.
The future of the global shipping industry – and its 3% share of global emissions – will be decided in three weeks of talks in the third quarter of this year, after a decision taken in London on Friday. At the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) headquarters this week, governments largely failed to substantively negotiate a […]
