The United Nations General Assembly voted on September 4 to support wider use of a world map that represents Africa and other continents at more accurate relative sizes, according to the account supplied for this article. The “Correct the...
Nauru (pronounced Now-roo), the world's third-smallest country by population, has officially changed its name to the Republic of Naoero. President David Adeang announced the change, restoring a name that was used on the island long before European colonization. With...
Turkey has renewed its defense of its 1974 invasion of Cyprus in a document circulated at the UN rejecting the internationally recognized terms “invasion” and “occupation” while again calling for a two-state settlement.
Turkey’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ahmet...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced Wednesday that he will convene a new expanded 5+1 meeting on the Cyprus issue after sufficient preparation on confidence-building measures, methodology, and the substance of the negotiations, signaling a renewed effort to restart...
Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, according to a recent report by five United Nations specialized agencies, although officials warned the gains remain fragile, unevenly spread across regions, and not fast enough to meet the...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is set to visit Cyprus from July 27 to 29 in an effort to inject new momentum into long-running peace talks between the island’s Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities.
The visit will mark the...
Pope Leo has rejected an invitation from President Donald Trump to join the proposed Board of Peace, signaling firm support for the United Nations as the primary body to manage global crises.
The decision places Pope Leo at odds with...
For centuries, the word Turkey has sparked a strange linguistic and cultural confusion: is it the large bird found on dinner tables at Thanksgiving—or a nation bridging Europe and Asia with thousands of years of history? The mix-up became...
An unusual mix of language, trade, and history helped push the nation long known as "Turkey" to ask the world to call it "Türkiye." At the time, officials said the move aimed to sharpen the country’s image and to...
At the United Nations General Assembly, President Donald Trump singled out Greece as a country struggling with uncontrolled migration.
He emphasized that the issue extends beyond national borders, highlighting Greece’s unusually high proportion of foreign nationals in its prison system...
