This figure reflects the extent of seriousness of challenges in African cities. They are home to nearly 500 million inhabitants, a figure that, according to experts, will reach one billion by 2040.

A wide range of speakers attended the sixth edition in Azerbaijan to mull world problems.

The World Green Economy Summit (WGES) has wrapped up in Dubai.

Held this September in Dubai, the 5th Arab Future Cities Summit showcased the newest technology aimed at finding smart solutions for modern societies.

Focus takes stock of the situation of the Aral Sea. The subject - from an ecological point of view - is as worrying as that of deforestation in the Amazon. Five Heads of State from Central Asia just met in Turkmenistan to show their common commitment to this huge ecological and economic challenge.

The convention sees five nations - Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan – agree to the status of the disputed body of water.

A man who identified himself as a US journalist from The Nation was forcibly removed from the Trump-Putin news conference while carrying a hand-written sign.

On the eve of a NATO summit in Brussels the European Council President Donald Tusk issued a sharp rebuke to the U.S. president over his comments about allies

Leaders of the Group of Seven rich nations are set to clash with a combative President Trump at the Quebec summit over tariffs they fear could lead to a trade war.

Oxfam, a global humanitarian relief organization on Thursday (June 7), depicted the G7 leaders who are due to meet in Quebec, Canada, with huge heads made out of fiberglass to bring awareness to women's economic empowerment.

Diplomats agree to historic meeting in April.

We travel to Dubai this week to interview innovators on the ground at the World Government Summit, with an exclusive interview with musician will.i.am

Venezuela's president is criticised by neighbouring nations for his handling of the country's economic and political crisis.

Two years after the COP 21 climate change summit, French President Emmanuel Macron hopes the One Planet summit in Paris will generate investment by wealthy countries and international companies into the fighting global warming.