World body also predicts that India will overtake China as most populous country by next year, says global population growing at slowest rate since 1950

Representative of world body says at Israel's first carbon capture confab that country can be leader if it gets going now, but government says it has other priorities

Despite fruitless round in Doha, efforts set to continue beyond July deadline after which IAEA says it will no longer be able to verify nuclear activities permitted under JCPOA

A day after indirect negotiations end in Qatar without significant progress, Tehran's UN ambassador says 'ball is in US’ court'

Highest death toll estimate for conflict does not include tens of thousands of soldiers also dead

Security Council draft proposal reportedly says strike violated international law, undermines regional stability and Syrian sovereignty; Israeli officials said to doubt it'll pass

Iranian-backed Houthis have agreed to allow the transfer of the million-plus barrels of oil stored on ailing tanker FSO Safer, but emergency funds are still $20 million short

American ambassador tells Human Rights Council that report condemning Jewish state is evidence of bias, 'will further contribute to polarization'

Volunteers remove 45 kgs of garbage from between the sunken pillars and submerged ruins of historic seaport; teams worked at dozens more sites up and down Mediterranean coast

Member of open-ended Human Rights Council Commission of Inquiry says 'ending occupation' will break cycle of violence; Israel calls report 'waste of money'