Diplomacy & Crisis News

The case for a pandemic trust fund.

Les images de civils s'agrippant aux avions américains pour quitter Kaboul et des talibans installés dans le bureau présidentiel resteront les symboles d'une guerre ingagnable. La France, engagée au Sahel dans le même genre d'entreprise, devrait en tirer les leçons. Les insurgés afghans sont arrivés (...) / Afghanistan, Conflit afghan, Guerre d'Afghanistan 2001-2021, Géopolitique, Relations internationales, Armée, États-Unis (affaires extérieures), Fondamentalisme, État - 2021/09

Why Turkey’s ruling party views environmentalism as a threat.

Many former officials expect U.S. intelligence to dry up.

More than 55 million people globally are living with dementia, and that number continues to grow, according to a new UN health agency report launched on Thursday, which notes that only one-quarter of the world’s countries have national policies, strategies or support plans in place.

Days after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the new regime is consolidating power.

New restrictions on how much time minors can spend gaming reflect broader ideological concerns.

Food stocks in Afghanistan could run out as soon as this month, a senior UN official warned on Wednesday, urging the international community to step up support for the country. 

 A new platform launched on Wednesday by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will ease severe COVID-19 vaccine shortages and safeguard more people in Latin America and the Caribbean by producing inoculations within the region.

Opaque practices make it difficult to trace human rights abuses.

After 20 years of building up Afghanistan, can the United States really cut the country off now?

A new coronavirus “variant of interest” named Mu – also known by its scientific name as B.1.621 – is being closely monitored by the World Health Organization (WHO), the agency has said.

But Volodymyr Zelensky is irked with the Biden administration over its acquiescence in Russia’s big pipeline.

A new centre in Berlin, Germany, launched on Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO), aims to help countries better assess and respond to global disease threats in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.

À l'initiative du gouvernement hongrois, des fondations privées ont pris le contrôle de la plupart des universités et d'un patrimoine public de plusieurs milliards d'euros. Avec cette privatisation géante d'un genre nouveau, le premier ministre Viktor Orbán dépouille l'État au profit de ses proches, (...) / Europe centrale, Hongrie, Éducation, Université, Parti politique, Idéologie, Extrême droite, Privatisation, État, Droit - 2021/09

Americans are still using the lens of a half century-old conflict.

The United States can no longer claim to be the leader of the free world if it abandons strategic allies and vulnerable civilians.

More than four billion people live without any welfare protection today to cushion them from crisis, the UN International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday, while highlighting how the COVID-19 crisis has pushed up government spending by some 30 per cent.

The Egyptian government has deliberately let a former presidential candidate languish behind bars without proper medical care.

When it comes to policies Washington cares about, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his predecessor are practically the same.