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YEREVAN, 31 October, 2026 (Kamran Raja): Nearly 200 countries have reached hard-fought agreements at the United Nations biodiversity summit in Armenia, pledging renewed efforts to put global nature protection targets back on track, although the outcome has drawn criticism over limited progress on key environmental challenges. Delegates at the COP17 summit in Yerevan approved two major texts after prolonged negotiations that extended into Saturday morning, seeking to revive the landmark commitment to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030. The global framework aims to protect 30 percent of the Earth's land and oceans, tackle pollution and invasive species, and increase financial support for conservation. However, the United Nations has warned that existing efforts remain insufficient to...

 ANKARA, 31 October, 2026 (Nosheen): Türkiye has nominated veteran diplomat Feridun Hadi Sinirlioglu, the current Secretary-General of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), as its candidate for the next United Nations Secretary-General, a diplomatic source confirmed on Saturday. The nomination follows a deadlock in the selection process after the latest informal straw poll at the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Friday failed to produce a conclusive result. According to the Turkish diplomatic source, a nomination letter dated October 30 and signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was submitted to the presidents of the UN General Assembly and the Security Council. In the letter, Erdogan said the nomination reflected Türkiye’s commitment to effective multilat...