Diplomacy & Crisis News

Attempts to explain Berlin’s militarism tells us something about how analysts approach Beijing.

Underfunding has left a “yawning gap” in the UN Refugee Agency’s ability to protect forcibly displaced people worldwide from the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UNHCR said on Friday. 

From COVID-19 to climate, the U.S. president will focus his first General Assembly speech on the world body’s indispensability.

The long-range weapon could strike South Korea, Japan, and U.S. bases in the region.

As French officials complain of being blindsided over submarine deal, Australia says it communicated its reservations clearly.

After years of consensus, a new era of division is set to roil German politics at home and abroad.

Russia has been wargaming with Belarus. Sometimes, that’s a prelude.

Twenty years after 9/11, U.S. policy in the Middle East is still based on a fundamental mistake.

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry’s visit to New Delhi highlights an overlooked aspect of the bilateral relationship.

Unilateral and coercive sanctions imposed by governments can create severe and undue suffering for innocent people who bear no responsibility for alleged misconduct, the UN rights chief warned the Human Rights Council on Thursday.

The Biden administration is hoping to rotate fighters and bombers to the land Down Under.

A key Biden lever over the Taliban has been removed.

The independence of Venezuela’s justice system has been “deeply eroded”, to such an extent that it plays a significant role in the State’s repression of government opponents, UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Thursday.   

The agreement will help New Delhi with its quest for a stable balance of power in the Indo-Pacific.

Africa needs around 470 million doses to accomplish the global of fully vaccinating 40 per cent of its population by the end of the year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.  

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be the greatest shared global challenge since the UN’s founding 75 years ago, according to the annual Report of the Secretary-General on the Work of the Organization, published on Thursday. 

Washington’s focus on stability over human rights is alienating Africa’s youth.

The people of Burundi continue to endure serious human rights violations including possible crimes against humanity, the majority committed by those with links to the ruling party, UN-appointed independent investigators said on Thursday.

To retain control in this weekend’s Duma elections, the Kremlin has reached very deep into its bag of tricks.

The UN’s gender equality and empowerment organization on Thursday published a flagship feminist plan for economic recovery and transformation, which aims to learn the lessons of the past, and seize the opportunity to handle COVID-related crises better.