War and funding shortfalls have hampered progress toward the United Nations' flagship development goals which include action to combat climate change, the organization's Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Friday. In 2015, UN member states adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, 17 targets to transform the world by 2030 including by completely ending
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Pezeshkian, Iran’s sole reformist candidat
Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's sole reformist candidate, has risen from relative obscurity to leading the votes in the first round of the Islamic republic's presidential elections, stunning supporters and rivals alike. Pezeshkian, 69, won the largest number of votes in a first round on Friday that saw him face off against three
Iran warns Israel of ‘obliterating’ war if Lebanon attacked
Iran on Saturday warned that “all Resistance Fronts,” a grouping of Iran and its regional allies, would confront Israel if it attacks Lebanon. The comment from Iran’s mission to New York comes with fears of a wider regional war involving Israel and Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah movement. The two sides have engaged
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The roof of a terminal building at New Delhi’s international airport partially collapsed in heavy rains early Friday, killing one person, rescuers said, months after a refurbishment project inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Images posted online showed vehicles crushed under giant steel girders at the departure forecourt of the airport’s
Palestinian official rejects Israeli settlement move
A senior Palestinian official rejected on Friday a move by Israel’s finance minister intended to promote new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, saying it was aimed at pursuing a “war of genocide” against Palestinians. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Thursday the Israeli government would also take punitive steps
US targets Iran petrol tankers escalation
The United States on Thursday announced sanctions against shipping companies for transporting Iranian oil, saying it was a response to Tehran's nuclear "escalation," on the eve of presidential elections in the Islamic republic. "Over the past month, Iran has announced steps to further expand its nuclear program in ways that have
Israel launches air strikes on Gaza
Israel launched air strikes on Gaza on Thursday after warning Hezbollah, Hamas’s ally in Lebanon, to avoid a large-scale war that would send the neighbouring country ‘back to the Stone Age’ Defence minister Yoav Gallant made the comment during a visit to Washington, where he discussed the Gaza war, long-running efforts
Climate lawsuits against companies on the rise
Companies worldwide have faced mounting legal pressure to reduce their impact on global warming as activists use litigation to fight climate change, according to a new report Thursday. Since the 2015 Paris Agreement, 230 "climate-aligned" lawsuits have been launched against corporations and trade associations -- more than two thirds of which