RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has officially received the hosting rights for the 6th UN World Data Forum, which will take place in Riyadh in 2026.
The announcement was made at the conclusion of the 5th edition of the forum, held in Medellín, Colombia, from (...)
CARTAGENA, Colombia — The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has announced that the Abo Noghta Castles in the historic town of Tabab, located in the Asir region, has been included on the Best Tourism Villages of 2024 list.
The (...)
CARTAGENA — Saudi Minister of Tourism Ahmed Al-Khateeb emphasized the growing importance of tourism as a vital driver of global economic growth during the Kingdom's presidency of the Executive Council of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (...)
Millions of Cubans are currently without electricity following a prolonged outage at the island's main power plants.
Reports indicate that a malfunction at the Antonio Guiteras Power Plant in Matanzas on Friday left most of Cuba in (...)
NEW YORK — The incoming Presidents of the three Rio Conventions met during the UN General Assembly to discuss their collective ambitions for tackling global environmental challenges. The event, named the "Rio Trio Initiative," brought together the (...)
Eng. Abdulrahman Alfadley, Saudi Minister of Environment, Water, and Agriculture and incoming President of UNCCD COP16, convened leading global experts and policymakers on land degradation, drought, and desertification for the first Advisory Council (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Council of Ministers called on the international community to activate serious mechanisms to hold Israeli officials accountable for the ongoing violations of international laws, norms and resolutions. The weekly session of the (...)
The head of the Colombian Football Federation, Ramón Jesurún, and his son have been arrested, following a brawl at Sunday's Copa América final in Miami.
Jesurún, 71, and Ramón Jamil Jesurún, 43, were held on charges of battery involving an official (...)
Bolivian police have arrested the leader of an attempted coup, hours after the presidential palace in the capital La Paz was stormed by soldiers.
Armored vehicles and troops had taken up position on Murillo Square where key government buildings are (...)
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was released from a British prison and was making his way back to his home country Australia on Monday after his 12-year battle against extradition to the United States ended in a plea deal.
The controversial figure (...)
Ecuador was hit by a nationwide blackout on Wednesday, a senior government minister said, leaving some 18 million people in the dark for several hours.
The subway system in the capital, Quito, ground to a halt and traffic lights stopped working (...)
specialty healthcare services provider with a growing presence in Saudi Arabia, today announced the signing of a joint venture with Keralty, a multinational health organization based in Colombia.
The joint venture, AL KALMA, will make its debut in (...)
Dozens of pro-Palestinian students at a US university commencement ceremony staged a walk out ahead of veteran comedian's Jerry Seinfeld guest speech.
Footage on social media showed some robed graduates at Duke University, North Carolina, chanting (...)
The number of casualties rose to 127 in floods caused by heavy rains in Brazil, with 141 people reported missing, authorities reported Saturday.
Following heavy rains that have been affecting the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul since last week, (...)
A huge diplomatic row has erupted after Spain's transport minister suggested Argentina's president had used drugs.
Oscar Puente said Javier Milei had ingested "substances" during his election campaign last year.
Milei hit back condemning the (...)
On a blustery morning last month, volunteer Adriana Jasso raised the flaps to a tent propped up against the massive steel bars of the fence that straddles this stretch of the US-Mexico border.
On her side, plastic tables were piled with apples, (...)
By Ana María Roura, Daniel Wittenbeg & Blanca Moncada
GUAYAQUIL — Paul has been in a gang for around half his life, since he was 15.
"Things are dangerous right now. Death can come from anywhere," Paul tells us. Small, skinny and about 30 years old, (...)
The decision by Ecuador to forcibly enter the Mexican Embassy on Saturday and arrest a former vice president of the Andean country on corruption charges represents a breach of international law, the UN Secretary-General has said.
In a statement (...)
Argentina and Colombia say they have taken "concrete steps" to improve frayed relations between the two countries after far-right Argentine leader Javier Milei called his left-wing Colombian counterpart a "terrorist murderer" in a CNN interview.
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A Boeing 757 plane lost its nose wheel shortly before taking off at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, according to US aviation officials.
The Delta Air Lines plane had been preparing to fly to Bogota, Colombia, on Jan. 20 when the (...)
The death toll from a landslide in northwest has risen to at least 33 people with children accounting for most of the victims.
Nineteen others were injured and rescue operations are ongoing.
Landslides had already closed the road connecting the (...)
Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa has declared an "internal armed conflict" in the country, ordering security forces to "neutralize" several criminal groups accused of spreading extreme violence in the Latin American nation.
The decree came shortly (...)
Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa on Monday declared a state of emergency for the South American nation after a notorious gang leader escaped from prison, heightening security fears as authorities struggle to control the bloodshed of a bloody (...)
Colombia has approved regulations that encourage local communities and indigenous groups to produce energy through renewable sources and sell it to the national grid.
Only 1% of the country's energy comes from alternative sources.
Community leaders, (...)
While some of the world's poorest countries are welcoming refugees "with great hospitality", the international community must match that generosity with far greater solidarity, UN chief António Guterres said on Friday.
Speaking at the closing of the (...)
