Azerbaijan intends to unveil next month, or sooner, a training tool developed in collaboration with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).

On Monday, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) unveiled its “World Cities Report 2026” at the 13th World Urban Forum (WUF13) in Baku.

More than 28,000 participants are expected to gather in Baku for the 13th session of the World Urban Forum as the United Nations warns of a deepening global housing crisis affecting billions of people worldwide.

The 13th session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13) is set to begin in the city of Baku.

Accreditation cards for participants of the World Urban Forum 13 (WUF13) will begin to be issued on May 14 ahead of the forum’s opening in Baku.

More than two dozen workers were evacuated after a fire broke out Monday on an offshore oil platform off the coast of the U.S. state of California.

The emperor penguin has been declared an endangered species as the loss of ice in Antarctica, caused by rising temperatures, threatens its habitat and survival.

“In the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region, the ageing housing stock, a shortage of affordable housing and seismic risks remain among the main challenges in urban development,” Erfan Ali, Director of the UN Habitat Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said at a briefing on the sidelines of the 13th Global Baku Forum on Saturday.