Diplomacy & Crisis News

The Daily Star’s demise is the story of Lebanon, reduced from promising country to failed state.

The children of families who were affected by the massive earthquake which devastated large parts of south-west Haiti in August this year are receiving free hot meals at school as part of an initiative by the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) to support the recovery of the country’s most vulnerable communities.

Nadya Zafira, an international relations student at Indonesia’s Gadjah Mada University, won a writing competition for her letter to UN chief António Guterres, in which she addressed the inequalities laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic, and how indigenous communities and youth are marginalized in global conversations on climate crisis.

Peng Shuai’s disappearance has mobilized the international community—and puts China’s Olympic dreams under even more scrutiny.

This week in FP’s international news quiz: Latin American elections, U.S.-African diplomacy, and a new COVID-19 pill.

Despite COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions, some 650,000 women and girls were provided with gender-based violence services through a joint UN and European Union (EU) programme working to stamp out what is arguably one of the most prevalent human rights violations. 

With about 2.3 million people already suffering with serious water, food and pasture shortages in Somalia, a rapidly worsening drought could lead to an “extreme situation” by April next year.  

Une ligne de démarcation structure le monde du travail. D'un côté, une aristocratie laborieuse dotée de bons revenus et de menus avantages qui cimentent son esprit de corps. De l'autre, les millions de sujets d'un marché du travail qu'en toute rigueur l'on ne saurait même plus qualifier de salariat. (...) / Audiovisuel, Entreprise, Idéologie, Information, Médias, Presse, Travail - 2016/10

“Catastrophic and famine-like conditions” hang over Afghanistan’s farmers and herders, whose needs continue to worsen with the onset of winter, UN humanitarians said on Friday. 

Kleptocrats, criminals, and con artists have all parked their illicit gains in the state.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged countries to keep their promise to leave no one behind and deliver health and sanitation to all. 

Moscow’s military buildup is raising eyebrows in Washington as Belarus ups the ante in its standoff with the EU.

« Nicaragua sandiniste ». Les deux mots collaient l'un à l'autre. Dans les années 1980, l'Amérique centrale traversait une période de révolutions et de contre-révolutions. En 1979, les insurgés sandinistes avaient réussi à renverser le dictateur Anastasio Somoza, longtemps qualifié dans la région d'« (...) / Amérique latine, États-Unis (affaires extérieures), Capitalisme, Élections, Idéologie, Inégalités, Parti politique, Amérique centrale, Nicaragua, Socialisme, Privatisation - 2016/09

President Alberto Fernández was an early champion of the jab. Now he’s paying the political price.

With other strategies worn out, opponents of President Nicolás Maduro are hoping to build power at the polls.

Talk of a virtual summit comes as U.S. officials are increasingly alarmed by Russia’s military buildup near its border with Ukraine.

The COP26 deforestation commitment is disingenuous—and could harm the Congo Basin.

For over 70 years, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has had a presence across Afghanistan – even as the Taliban secured power over the summer. 

Deeper U.S. engagement comes as the wisdom of strategic ambiguity is increasingly questioned.

The international community must step up support to Madagascar, where more than one million people in the south are facing severe hunger, the top UN aid official there said on Thursday in a renewed appeal for solidarity and funding.