Disarmament Week seeks to promote awareness and better understanding of disarmament issues and their cross-cutting importance. Starting on 24 October, the anniversary of the founding of the United ...

Everyone knows the beaver stands for ingenuity, craftsmanship and hard work. For 50 years, the beaver has been an official ...

Parliamentarians likely will get a chance later this year to debate whether to adopt a livestock brand as an official national symbol.

14 August is Falklands Day and commemorates the first sighting of the Falkland Islands on that day in 1592 by the English navigator and explorer, John Davis, on board his 120-ton vessel 'Desire'.

Derrick John, and Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP), Lenox Shuman have written to the Guyana Elections Commission ...

Malaysian authorities raided a bookstore this week to seize two books on the grounds of morality. But for the bookstore staff ...

Many remain unconvinced that the accord – portrayed as a “wonderful treaty” by United States President Donald Trump – can end the complex and long-running conflict, while the militia itself ...

Here are some of the United Nations' history-making events as the world body marks the anniversary of its founding on June 26 ...

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Women in Diplomacy Day is meant to celebrate women's indispensable role in diplomacy and an opportunity to reflect on actions that can be taken to achieve women's full, equal, effective and ...

France has been one of the UN's members since its founding in 1945. It holds a permanent seat at the Security Council, alongside the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia and China, thus playing a ...