Diplomacy & Crisis News

Adoptée par référendum le 3 décembre 1980 et modifiée le 28 juillet 1989, la Constitution iranienne instaure un régime fondé sur une double légitimité : le principe du velayat-e-faqih (tutelle du Guide qui incarne le primat de la jurisprudence islamique) et la « voix du peuple ». Les instances exécutive (...) / Iran, Élections, État, Politique - Proche-Orient

After years of closely cooperating on everything from Iran to oil, the Arab Gulf is entering a moment of wariness.

World powers have reacted cautiously to President Saied’s power grab, with only Turkey voicing strong opposition.

At least half a million children under five in drought-afflicted southern Madagascar are on the verge of acute malnourishment, two UN agencies warned on Monday. 

An ancient temple in India and a “cultural landscape” in Spain have become two of the latest sites to be registered on the UN’s prestigious World Heritage List. 

Landmark elections in the Occupied Palestinian territory must be rescheduled soon and include East Jerusalem, three UN independent human rights experts said in a statement on Monday. 

The national security law is a direct threat to foreign firms.

Negotiations began on Monday to approve a UN science report which will anchor high level summits later this year, charged with boosting climate action worldwide.

From piracy to the Ever Given, colonialism left hard scars.

The world is waking up to the importance of mangroves, a senior UN official said on Monday, underscoring the need for everyone to support restoration and protection of these crucial habitats. 

Le nouveau Parlement iranien comptera moins d'ultraconservateurs. En entretenant les espoirs de changement, les modérés et les réformateurs qui soutiennent le président Hassan Rohani espèrent faire évoluer sans rupture un régime dont la force tient aujourd'hui davantage au ferment national qu'au (...) / Iran, Proche-Orient, Démocratie, Élections, Femmes, Islam, Jeunes, Logement, Mutation, Nationalisme, Politique, Religion, Drogue, Société civile - 2016/05

Inefficient global food production is at the root of a huge rise in hunger as well as one-third of all emissions and 80 per cent of biodiversity loss, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned, in a call to all countries to transform food systems to speed up sustainable development. 

More women and children were killed and wounded in Afghanistan in the first half of 2021 than in the first six months of any year since records began in 2009, a United Nations report revealed on Monday.

And here’s why that’s a national security issue.

Longtemps les gouvernements anticommunistes d'Amérique centrale ont offert à Taïwan certains de ses plus fidèles alliés. L'évolution politique de la Chine et le renforcement de ses liens commerciaux avec la région ont toutefois modifié la donne… Les deux rivaux du détroit de Formose ne luttent pas à (...) / Amérique latine, Chine, États-Unis, Taïwan, Commerce international, Géopolitique, Guérilla, Histoire, Relations internationales, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Matières premières, Costa Rica, Diplomatie, Corruption - 2016/05

His support for the pipeline abandoned a bipartisan consensus, got nothing in return, and made the world less secure.

The impending announcement should give Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi some breathing room ahead of October elections.

As Blinken heads to New Delhi, he could find some surprising common ground on Afghanistan.

Intelligence assets who worked for the CIA now face deadly reprisals.

“The world urgently needs a clear and unambiguous commitment to the 1.5 degree goal of the Paris Agreement from all G20 nations”, António Guterres said on Sunday after the Group failed to agree on the wording of key climate change commitments during their recent Ministerial Meeting on Environment, Climate and Energy.