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UN climate chief urges speed as COP31 confronts fossil fuel divide

Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) in Antalya, Turkey, November 11, 2026. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Climate could force more than 200 million from homes: UN migration chief

People walk through floodwater in an affected area on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador, on Oct 31, 2026.

UN rights chief demands Houthis return body of Yemeni staff member

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk holds a press conference in Beirut, Lebanon, July 27, 2026. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Judges close part of ICC Afghanistan investigations that could look at US troops

US Army soldiers patrol in a village in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province on June 22, 2011.

UN chief urges drastic emissions cuts as COP31 wrestles with fossil fuels

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a press conference at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) in Antalya, Turkey, November 13, 2026. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Urgent climate finance pleas at COP31 face a non-urgent response

Local boy Ratusela Waqanaceva, 14, wades through seawater flooding over an ineffective sea wall at high tide, as the community experiences flooding in Serua Village, Fiji, July 15, 2022.//File Photo

UN hails progress in Ebola response, cites insecurity as biggest challenge

FILE PHOTO: A Congolese worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) carries plastic containers outside the Ebola Treatment Center at the Bunia General Referral Hospital following a resurgence of Ebola involving the Bundibugyo strain, in Bunia, Ituri province, the Democratic Republic of Congo, November 2, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

Indigenous rights in Australia ‘embarrassing’: UN envoy

UN Special Rapporteur Albert Barume speaking in Sydney on Nov 13 at the end of a two-week visit.

World leaders set out clashing priorities as COP31 turns to negotiations

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) in Antalya, Turkey, November 12, 2026. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Climate crisis is ‘outrunning us’ as global response lags, UN chief warns COP31

The summit opened on Nov 9 against the backdrop of wars, rampant inflation and other crises that are competing for political attention.

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