A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential threat it faces from the climate crisis – against the backdrop of a tussle ...

Donald Trump is already creating a “new world order” weeks into his presidency – and Australia is at risk of being “caught in the crossfire”. It’s a question threatening to upend Australia’s place in ...

The writer says infectious diseases know no borders. COVID-19 is a recent, devastating reminder of how quickly diseases spread across the globe.

The government of the People's Republic of China and the government of the Kingdom of Thailand on Saturday issued a joint ...

Tanzania played a significant and influential role in the success of the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, ...

Over the course of two decades, China has built a public health aid program for the world, turbocharged by the pandemic. As ...

On one level, the answer to this question is very simple: The United States is the most powerful country in the world. So what happens in Washington matters to the world in the same way that decisions ...

WHO is the only organization mandated to coordinate global responses to acute health crises, particularly outbreaks of new ...

About 17 million people are at risk of gastrointestinal problems due to excessive sulfate levels in groundwater. This alarming finding emerged from the first high-resolution global groundwater sulfate ...

Though the order mandates a 90-day review, many employees have already been terminated, and all project activities have come to a standstill. The USAID website has also gone offline.

Charities, diplomats and foreign officials around the world are frantically trying to figure out what will happen to the US agency that doles out over $40-billion in aid for everything from ...