United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for mediation in the eastern Congo crisis on Thursday (February 6) ahead of two meetings to address the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group’s offensive across the region.
"Silence the guns. Stop the escalation," said Guterres. "Respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Democratic Republic of the Congo."
Fighting over the rich-in-minerals region between M23 and the Congolese government escalated in January.
Current estimates indicate that at least 2,800 people died due to recent fighting in the city of Goma, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
"Let us all act together for peace," said Guterres.
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United Nations teams have been deployed to Syria’s coastal Latakia province, where wildfires have been burning for four days, forcing hundreds of families to flee and destroying large areas of farmland and infrastructure.
More than a 1,000 civil society representatives gathered in Seville this week for a major United Nations conference on development financing, but many said they left feeling side lined and frustrated, with expectations already low before the event began.
Tensions between Iran and Israel reached a critical point as both nations clashed at an emergency UN Security Council meeting, following a sweeping Israeli strike on Iranian targets that Tehran condemned as state terrorism and a deliberate attempt to sabotage nuclear diplomacy.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appeals for calm and diplomacy as Israel and Iran exchange deadly attacks, raising fears of broader regional conflict.
Australian researchers have pioneered a low-cost and scalable plasma-based method to produce ammonia gas directly from air, offering a green alternative to the traditional fossil fuel-dependent Haber-Bosch process.
A series of earthquakes have struck Guatemala on Tuesday afternoon, leading authorities to advise residents to evacuate from buildings as a precaution against possible aftershocks.
Archaeologists have uncovered a 3,500-year-old city in northern Peru that likely served as a key trade hub connecting ancient coastal, Andean, and Amazonian cultures.
A deadly mass shooting early on Monday (7 July) in Philadelphia's Grays Ferry neighbourhood left three men dead and nine others wounded, including teenagers, as more than 100 shots were fired.
On July 4, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Khankendi, reaffirming the deep-rooted alliance between the two nations.
Beijing has urged the European Union to tone down its criticism and adopt “less protectionist” policies, after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen accused China of flooding global markets and enabling Russia’s war economy.
Russian-origin aluminium made up 66 % of available London Metal Exchange inventories in June, down three points from May, while Indian metal climbed to 34 %, the exchange’s latest data show.
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has launched a fresh investigation into TikTok after the platform revealed that some European users’ data had briefly been stored on Chinese servers, contradicting earlier assurances.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that the United States will impose a 35% tariff on Canadian imports starting August 1, increasing the previous rate of 25%. He also revealed plans to introduce blanket tariffs of 15% to 20% on most other trade partners.
Four more survivors from the Greek ship Eternity C were rescued from the Red Sea on Thursday, following a deadly Houthi attack that left ten still missing.
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