In U.N. speech, Trump threatens to "annihilate" Iran and defends foreign policy
President Trump said he could "annihilate" Iran while predicting that Tehran would make a deal to end the war after the U.S. midterm elections.
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President Trump said he could "annihilate" Iran while predicting that Tehran would make a deal to end the war after the U.S. midterm elections.
Water sources are being depleted faster than they can be restored, according to a new report from United Nations researchers.
The U.S. announced a $2 billion pledge for U.N. humanitarian aid as the Trump administration continues to slash U.S. foreign assistance and warns United Nations agencies to "adapt, shrink or die" in a time of new financial realities.
Crucial for marine life and the global economy, coral reefs are the planet's first major environmental system to cross a climate "tipping point" as the world warms.
As Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began speaking at the U.N. General Assembly in New York, dozens of people walked out of the room in protest.
The IPC, a global body that monitors hunger crises, says 22 months of war in Gaza have left half a million people facing "starvation, destitution and death." Israel calls it "lies."
President Trump previously withdrew the U.S. from the agency during his first term.
From Yellowstone to the Garden of Eden, almost 75% of the world's heritage sites at risk of drought or flooding, U.N. warns.
UNAIDS boss Winnie Byanyima says if U.S. foreign aid isn't restored, AIDS will "come back, and we'll see people die the way we saw them in the '90s."
The $300 billion will go to developing countries who need the cash to wean themselves off coal, oil and gas.
"I know many look at the world today and see difficulties and react with despair," President Biden said before the United Nations General Assemby. "But I do not."
"Our planet is trying to tell us something. But we don't seem to be listening," the U.N.'s secretary-general said after May marked another month of back-to-back global heat records.
The International Criminal Court's top prosecutor is seeking arrest warrants for Israel's prime minister, defense minister and 3 top Hamas leaders.
The funding deal reached between Congress and the White House will include a ban on direct U.S. funding for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees until March 2025, sources say.
From cell phones to freezers, e-waste is trashing the planet – and a new report says the world isn't doing enough to stop it from getting worse.
A growing number of nations are condemning Israel over a deadly encounter between IDF soldiers and Palestinians in Gaza City.
Rescuers and hospital officials say Israeli strikes flattened two Gaza homes, killing more than 90 Palestinians, including dozens from an extended family.
The U.N. Security Council voted to speed up the process of delivering aid to Palestinian civilians in Gaza and demand that all hostages held by Hamas be released immediately.
Palestinians are casting blame at the U.S. as officials in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip say Israel's bombardment has killed more than 18,000 people.
After record-breaking temperatures in November, the E.U.'s Copernicus Climate Change Service determined 2023 will officially be the hottest year humanity has experienced.
Israel pounded targets in the southern Gaza Strip, intensifying a renewed offensive after a weeklong truce with Hamas and giving rise to renewed concerns about civilian casualties.
A new report found that a "polluter elite" is responsible for producing as much carbon emissions as 5 billion people.
The Israeli military said Monday it had struck more than 600 targets in Gaza over the previous 24 hours as it stepped up its bombardments.
Humanitarian agencies are warning that the lack of fuel in the Gaza Strip is causing its health system to break down amid the Israeli siege.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom opened a week-long trip to China on Monday with an assurance that his state will always be a partner on climate issues no matter how the U.S. presidential election turns out next year.
