A bitter row over fossil fuels has broken out at the COP30 UN climate talks in Belém, Brazil, as the meeting formally runs over time. At the heart of the row is a disagreement over how strong a deal should be on working to reduce the world's use of fossil fuels, whose emissions are by far the largest contributor to climate change.

After two weeks of negotiations, this year’s United Nations climate talks have ended with what critics are calling a weak compromise.

A fire forced an evacuation at the South American Brazilian venue for the COP30 climate summit, on Thursday, Nov. 20, but so far no one in attendance has been injured, according to multiple reports. The blaze took place at the venue in Belém, Brazil, the BBC and Politico are reporting.

A Japanese official blasted China’s claims that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has altered Japan’s position on a Taiwan crisis as “entirely baseless,” calling for more dialogue to stop ties between Asia’s top economies spiraling.

Harms from climate change are the biggest threat to world peace, the president of the United Nations General Assembly says. “To those who are arguing that in these times we have to focus more on peace and security,

Dozens of right-wing activists are demonstrating this morning in front of the Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, protesting the UN Security Council decision.

The United Nations Security Council voted to authorize President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan on Monday, with the president quick to declare a major victory.

A United Nations human rights official is urging the United States to lift its sanctions on Cuba, saying they are impacting the island’s entire population, hitting sectors including health care, nutri

The UN Security Council on Nov. 17 endorsed a resolution drafted by the United States with 13 nations in favor, zero votes against and two abstentions, from Russia and China. The resolution supports "phase two" of Trump's Gaza plan. "Phase one" started in October with an Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage and prisoner exchange.

The Islamist Allied Democratic Forces have killed at least 89 people in multiple attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in the past week, according to the United Nations.

UN secretary-general António Guterres identified an emboldened Saudi Arabia as leading moves to obstruct key outcomes at the COP30 climate summit, according to those present at meetings with EU negotiators.

Iran’s foreign ministry called a resolution by the U.N. atomic watchdog’s board of governors “anti-Iranian” and threatened unspecified retaliatory actions, state media reported on Friday. The International Atomic Energy Agency on Thursday demanded that Iran fully cooperate with the agency and provide “precise information” about