The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recorded a decline in global forced displacement in 2025, the first fall in a decade. By the end of 2025,...
India announced a 2.5 million contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on 11 June 2026. The amount is the first tranche...
Saudi Arabia lifted its five-year ban on imports from Lebanon on 10 June 2026. The ban had covered Lebanese products after an initial restriction on fruits and vegetables...
On 9 June 2026, the COP31 co-presidency of Turkey and Australia proposed a global target to raise electricity’s share of final energy demand to 35% by 2035. The...
Canada’s federal government announced plans on 8 June 2026 to introduce legislation that includes a ban on social media use for children under 16 years of age. The...
Nithya Raman, an Indian-American member of the Los Angeles City Council, advanced to the November 3, 2026 mayoral runoff election in Los Angeles, California. She finished second in...
Uttarakhand’s disaster management model received recognition at the second technical meeting of the BRICS Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group in Puri, Odisha, from 3 to 5 June 2026....
The Bonn Climate Conference, also called SB64, is being held from 8 June to 18 June 2026 as the 64th sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies under the United...
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan claimed victory in a general election held on 7 June 2026. Preliminary results released on 8 June 2026 placed his governing Civil Contract...
Khanij Bidesh India Limited (KABIL) has secured five critical mineral blocks in Argentina for deep exploration of brine lithium in the Catamarca province. KABIL is a joint venture...