There are countries like Bangladesh where millions likely will be displaced by rising seas. But Alice Thomas, from Refugees International, drew my attention to low-lying island nations that could ...

The National Security Council convened this morning (19) at the Presidential Secretariat, chaired by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, to discuss security... Partnerships were the name of the game as ...

The country with the slowest internet speeds, according to the data, was Cuba. The island nation had an average broadband speed of just 4.01 Mbps. Faring only slightly better was Turkmenistan ...

Parts of Asia and various small island nations are among the most densely ... it is the area on this map with the largest gap between its population ranking and its population density ranking.

British and Polynesian influences course through picturesque New Zealand, an island nation in the Pacific Ocean southeast of Australia. Early Maori settlers ceded sovereignty to British invaders ...

This map collection is unique in its scope, relating to the work of the United Nations through the decades. The collection includes general reference and thematic maps, such as regional and ...

Its leaders — from Pacific Island nations, some of them among the world’s most imperiled by rising seas, as well as Australia and New Zealand — have long been at the forefront of urging ...

When Mexico’s recently elected first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum, takes office October 1 she will join a group of more than two dozen women serving as heads of state or government worldwide.

Fekitamoeloa ‘Utoikamanu is United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States.

Its leaders — from Pacific Island nations, some of them among the world’s most imperiled by rising seas, as well as Australia and New Zealand — have long been at the forefront of urging ...