United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 20, 2023 - China and the United States, the world's top two emitters, will be absent from speakers at a UN climate summit Wednesday after promises only to include the most ambitious.
San Francisco (AFP) Sept 15, 2011 - The United States and Australia called Thursday for unimpeded freedom of navigation in the South China Sea and urged restraint from Beijing and its neighbors in solving their territorial disputes.
Beirut (AFP) Sept 28, 2014 - The US-led coalition against jihadists in Syria struck late Sunday the entrance to the country's main gas plant, in an apparent warning to Islamic State (IS) militants to abandon the premises under their control, a monitor said.
New York (AFP) Sept 26, 2018 - Tensions between the United States and the European Union over Iran soared into the open Tuesday after the Europeans announced plans for a legal framework to preserve business with Tehran and evade new US sanctions.
Geneva (AFP) Sept 12, 2022 - The UN urged EU countries on Monday to continue battling climate change and not resort to more fossil fuels in their response to soaring energy prices and fears of winter shortages.
United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 21, 2022 - The United Nations said Wednesday it has raised the $75 million necessary to salvage a stricken tanker off Yemen, an emergency operation aimed at averting a disastrous Red Sea oil spill - and a potential $20 billion cleanup.
United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 24, 2021 - The United Nations chief called Friday for the world to redouble its renewable energy efforts to avert a climate emergency and address global energy poverty.
Paris (AFP) Sept 3, 2025 - The United Nations on Wednesday urged nations late in turning in their climate plans to do so quickly, with major polluters among dozens of countries still to unveil new commitments.
Paris (AFP) Sept 12, 2023 - The construction sector - the most polluting and difficult to decarbonise - must build less, use more sustainable materials and clean up conventional ones to slash its emissions, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 3, 2020 - The interim UN envoy for Libya, Stephanie Williams, on Wednesday denounced what she called blatant ongoing violations of the arms embargo in effect on the war-wracked country.
United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 15, 2016 - The UN Security Council on Wednesday urged South Sudan's government to take immediate steps to allow a new regional force to deploy in Juba as it weighed imposing an arms embargo.
Usta Muhammad, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 10, 2022 - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday that developing nations were paying a horrific price for the world's reliance on fossil fuels, as he toured parts of Pakistan hit by floods blamed on climate change.
Islamabad (AFP) Sept 9, 2022 - United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called the lack of global attention to climate change insanity Friday as he visited Pakistan to mobilise help for millions of people affected by devastating monsoon floods.
London (AFP) Sept 8, 2022 - New British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday said domestic fuel bills would be frozen for two years, marking her first week in office with a costly plan to tackle a worsening cost-of-living crisis.
London (AFP) Sept 21, 2023 - Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday insisted he was not slowing down efforts to tackle climate change, a day after softening green policies aimed at achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
London (AFP) Sept 11, 2017 - The price of electricity from offshore wind in Britain has dipped below the level guaranteed to Hinkley Point, raising questions about the construction of the vast nuclear power station.
