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(The Map charts the course for a new negotiating ... Mission of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to the United Nations, said his country's position is that climate change is a threat to ...

A stunning map published on Reddit shows that just over half of the world's population lives in 19 Asian countries, covering a small area of the globe. The map was created by a teacher called Ken ...

EXPLAINER: What Is the United Nations? In 1945, not long after the end of World War II, representatives of countries from around the world came together to create the United Nations, hoping it ...

This story appears in the February 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Food for thought: How does one ingredient become linked to one place? That’s one question artists Henry Hargreaves ...

A doctors group and the United Nations say fighters from the notorious paramilitary Rapid Support Forces ran riot in ...

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King Charles III could see his power over the Commonwealth dwindle. Maps showing the countries that have ditched — and kept — the crown prove his energy is better spent elsewhere. When Queen ...

In a few months, the American president would buck decades of foreign policy precedent and move his country’s embassy to the ...