Forty-five per cent of the 8.2 billion people on the planet live in cities, which is only going to increase as the world ...

A comprehensive UN report has found that cities and towns are home to 81 per cent of the world’s population, much more than ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah) “Thanks to ...

The World Urbanization 2025 dataset includes the latest estimates of city, town and rural populations for 237 countries or areas from 1950 to 2025, with projections until 2050. It also provides ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Donald Trump castigated the United Nations as a feckless institution in a speech to the world body on Tuesday, praising the turn America has taken under his leadership ...

France became the latest Western nation to formally recognize Palestinian sovereignty, which remains a largely symbolic gesture. It was followed by calls for Israel to end the war in Gaza and stop its ...

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz wrote in The Washington Post on Friday that a "refusal to back this resolution is a ...