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Pope Francis is travelling to Mongolia this week to minister to one of the worlds tiniest and newest Catholic communities, the first-ever visit by a Roman pontiff to the East Asian country

In some ways, he will be completing a mission begun by the 13th- century Pope Innocent IV, who dispatched a series of emissaries east with letters to ascertain the intentions of the expanding Mongol Empire.

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Gender-blind development policies leave women and girls behind and exacerbate their vulnerabilities before, during, and after disasters, as was made clear by the Feb. 6, 2023 earthquake that struck southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria. By viewing disasters as gendered development problems, we can better understand the differential impact the Feb. 6 earthquake had on women and girls in Turkey and make more impactful policy recommendations.

The UN Development Program said in its recent report that Afghanistan currently has a "staggering 6.55 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), making it the country with the second hig

Jordan faces severe water scarcity, which has been exacerbated by drought and scorching heat.

Tonga's economy struggles due to reliance on agriculture, lack of jobs and disasters. However, there is hope for poverty reduction in Tonga.

African countries have played an overlooked role shaping the UN international system and oppose efforts to destabilize, dismantle, or overturn it.

Maria Zakharova stressed that Russia lauds the United Nations’ efforts and the "cooperability of Yemen’s internationally recognized authorities and the Ansar Allah movement in settling this protracted problem"

Iran welcomes a UN maritime operation to complete the transfer of oil from the FSO Safer supertanker off Yemen’s coast to a replacement vessel.