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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted at the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, set bold goals to shift the world onto a sustainable, resilient path. Here was also pledged the formation of a…

The plane was quarantined at JFK airport as those on board were checked by health officials. Ten were taken to hospital but others refused treatment. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that initially about 100…

Japan has announced for the first time that a worker at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant died after suffering radiation exposure. The man, who was in his 50s, died from lung cancer that was diagnosed in 2016. READ MORE:…

US President Donald Trump has accused Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the justice department of damaging the re-election chances of two Republican representatives by prosecuting them. The move to file charges against the men…

Russian warplanes have reportedly bombed the rebel-held Syrian province of Idlib, as government troops mass ahead of what may be a major offensive. If confirmed, they would be the first such air strikes there in three weeks Read more:…

President Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw the US from the World Trade Organization (WTO), claiming it treats his country unfairly. "If they don't shape up, I would withdraw from the WTO," Mr Trump said in an interview with…

Two people have been wounded in a stabbing incident at Amsterdam's central railway station, Dutch police say. The suspected attacker was shot and wounded by police. The motive is unclear and officials say an investigation is under way.…

Pope Francis has refused to respond to claims by a former Vatican diplomat who has called on him to resign. Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano also accused the Pope of covering up reports of sexual abuse by a US cardinal. READ MORE:…

Extra police have been sent to Chemnitz in eastern Germany after hundreds of far-right protesters marched through the city centre and scuffles broke out. A far-right football fan group called Kaotic Chemnitz called supporters on to the…

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's win in last month's polls has been upheld by Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court. The opposition MDC Alliance had brought the legal challenge saying the vote was marred by "mammoth theft and fraud", but this…

Tributes from former US presidents and across the political spectrum have poured in for Republican Senator John McCain, who has died aged 81. Barack Obama, who beat him to the White House in 2008, said they had shared a "fidelity to…

US President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen has reportedly entered into a plea deal with federal prosecutors in New York. Mr Cohen, 51, is tipped to plead guilty to felony charges including tax fraud and campaign finance…

Ex-Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort has been found guilty on five tax fraud charges at his trial in Virginia. He was also convicted on one count of failing to disclose foreign bank accounts, and two bank fraud charges. Read more:…

At least 29 children have been killed and 30 wounded in a Saudi-led coalition air strike in Yemen, the International Committee of the Red Cross says. The children were travelling on a bus that was hit at a market in Dahyan, in the…

The US is to impose sanctions on Russia after determining that it used nerve agent against former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal in the UK in March. The move was announced on Wednesday by the US state department. READ MORE:…