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Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness' Jamaica Labour Party won a decisive victory in Thursday's general election, retaining power by claiming 49 seats compared to the People's National Party's 14 seats in the preliminary tally.

Female farmers in discussion with former Rwandan Minister for Agriculture, Agnes Kalibata.

The UN’s top official in Afghanistan has warned that with the formal launch of direct peace negotiations imminent, near-record violence in the country is creating an atmosphere of mistrust that risks derailing long-sought talks between the Government and the Taliban.

A plaque commemorating the opening of OPCW Headquarters.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley said on September 03 that COVID-19 will push the number of food insecure people in the Arab world up by more than 14 million, taking the total to more than 50 million.

The U.S. State Department has imposed a new set of restrictions on Chinese diplomats working in the United States.

Under the new rules, which were announced Wednesday by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, senior Chinese diplomats must get prior approval to visit college campuses or meet with local government officials, and to host any cultural events outside of the Chinese Embassy or consular posts if the audience is larger than 50 people.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, strongly condemns an attack which killed seven people and wounded 14 others at Goldavi, a village hosting internally displaced people in Cameroon’s Far North Region on 1 September.

A mother holds her child in a marginalized community where she lives in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Due to the pandemic, many people have lost their livelihoods and sources of income, with women the worst affected.

On the afternoon of Friday, 3 April 2020 in Madrid, Spain, Ruben, 4, and his little sister play while their mother, Daniela, gets in a little work.

Large crowds have demonstrated their anger at the results of the presidential election in Belarus.