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Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland this week led the United States delegation to Antigua and Barbuda for the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States.

The United Nations said Friday that it has successfully completed a complex operation to transfer more than a million barrels of oil from an aging supertanker off Yemen's Red Sea coast onto a salvage vessel, averting a potential environmental catastrophe. "We have, I think against many odds, managed to complete an operation that many talked about for years," U.N. Development Program Administrator Achim Steiner told reporters in a video call. "Many were concerned it couldn&#03...

The United Nations said Tuesday that a long-awaited operation has begun to remove more than a million barrels of oil from an aging supertanker off Yemen's Red Sea coast, averting a potential environmental disaster. "As of this morning, we are very pleased to report that the pumps are on, the pipes have been laid between the FSO Safer and the Yemen — the replacement tanker — and the first gallons of oil have in fact been pumped off the Safer onto the Yemen," U.N. Development Pr...

The United Nations said Tuesday that a long-awaited operation has begun to remove more than a million barrels of oil from an aging supertanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast, averting a potential environmental disaster. “As of this morning, we are very pleased to report that the pumps are on, the pipes have been laid between…

Long-sought operation to avert spill that could decimate Red Sea coastal communities and marine life follows deal with Iran-backed Houthi rebels, drawn-out fundraising campaign

By virtually every measure, life inside Afghanistan has deteriorated to new lows in the nearly 14 months since U.S. troops withdrew and the Taliban took over, according to a U.N. report.

By virtually every measure, life inside Afghanistan has deteriorated to new lows in the nearly 14 months since U.S. troops withdrew and the Taliban took over, according to a report by U.N. experts who have helped coordinate hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of international aid to feed and provide health care for Afghans.

Study shows war drove up costs of food, fuel

A U.N. study released Thursday shows the first three months of the war in Ukraine has driven up the global cost of fuel and food, creating record inflati