Diplomacy & Crisis News

Beijing has lashed out at neighbors and the U.S. after losing in a landmark international tribunal.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has commended the European Union (EU) Commission for its 50 million euro contribution to the multinational task force, created by Lake Chad Basin countries – Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria – and Benin to combat Boko Haram insurgents in the sub-region.

A lire une partie de la presse, le processus de destitution de la présidente Dilma Rousseff, enclenché le 17 avril par un vote du Parlement, témoignerait de la vigueur de la jeune démocratie brésilienne. C'est tout le contraire. En renonçant à réformer le système politique du pays, la gauche a armé le (...) / Brésil, Désinformation, État, Justice, Médias, Mouvement de contestation, Parti politique, Politique, Coup d'État, Corruption - 2016/05

Aleppo Burns, Do Hackers Heart Clinton?; Tehran Critics; And Lots More

Warsaw may have finally thrown a wrench into the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Moscow's controversial plan to double down on its dominance of Europe’s energy supplies.

The United Nations human rights chief today deplored the execution of 20 people in Iran this week for purported terrorism-related offences.

The tech giant to offer up to $200,000 for developers who find flaws in its mobile operating system.

Vitaly Mutko may be responsible for one of the worst scandals in Olympic history. Here’s why he still has his job — for now.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today paid a visit to the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he encouraged refugee athletes to show the world their strengths.

From key international alliances to endorsing the GOP’s biggest players, the Republican nominee and his vice presidential pick split this week.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, and the Inter-American Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, Edison Lanza, expressed concern at the eroding media freedom in Venezuela, citing a number of reported incidents of harassments of journalists and media groups.

The former Slovenian president wins his share of plaudits and criticism, but faces several daunting obstacles in his race to succeed Ban Ki-moon.

The man overseeing the North Korean delegation was not in Kim Jong Un's good graces last year.

Humayun Khan was a devoted patriot. But if he wasn't a devout Muslim, he might not have become a hero.

The United Nations said Thursday diplomats are working overtime to secure a humanitarian pause in the bloody fighting occurring in the Syrian city of Aleppo, and that a deal could emerge in the coming “days.”

Barack Obama is contemplating a revolutionary — and exceedingly dangerous — change to U.S. nuclear policy.

Expressing deep concern about the critical health condition of a prisoner on hunger strike for three months, a group of United Nations independent human rights experts today called on the Government of China to stop all forms of ill-treatment and urgently provide him with specialized medical care, based on his full and informed consent.

As fighting in and around battle-scarred Aleppo intensifies, along with diplomatic efforts to secure a truce, United Nations agencies and their partners are “ready, willing and able” to rush aid to the desperate people trapped there, a senior UN envoy said today, stressing that a humanitarian pause is critical, both to allow relief workers to enter the area, and for civilians to leave voluntary.

The United Nations refugee agency today welcomed a joint commitment by nine North and Central American countries acknowledging the need for stronger protection of asylum-seekers, refugees and internally displaced people in the region, where crime and gang violence have driven thousands of people from their homes.

D'immenses vues aériennes qui disent les enchevêtrements de solitudes et d'aliénations de la vie urbaine, mais aussi ses épiphanies et ses moments de grâce — et le tableau tout entier semble alors bruire et s'animer, foisonnant de vie. Une visite dans l'atelier du peintre Rostia Kunovsky, en région (...) / Art, Culture, Urbanisme, Ville, Environnement, Peinture - 2016/03