Diplomacy & Crisis News

The rise in new coronavirus cases outside China, now constitutes a global health emergency, the World Health Organization’s Emergency Committee declared on Thursday, calling on all countries to take urgent measures to contain the respiratory disease.

Sensitive U.S. technology feared vulnerable to Iranian-backed militias after contractors evacuate Balad air base.

Six young women from Namibia are on the path to a career in the field of information and communications technology (ICT), with the support of the UN office in the country. 

The United States needs better insurance against attacks—whether by Mother Nature or human actors.

In trying to bring Belarus and Russia together, Lukashenko may have awakened his country’s citizens to how independent they really want to be.

The top UN official in Libya on Thursday expressed his “deep anger and disappointment” over intensifying conflict in Libya despite a high-level summit held in the German capital of Berlin earlier this month, that set out measures to de-escalate fighting and put the divided country back on a path towards peace.

U.S. officials who praise Iraqi Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani while denouncing Iran’s supreme leader fail to grasp that the two clerical leaders have a shared interest in resisting outside threats.

Amidst ongoing anti-government protests, rising casualties and the likelihood of further demonstrations, the top UN official in Iraq on Thursday, urged politicians to break the political deadlock, and “press ahead with substantial reforms”.

Depuis juillet 2018, Haïti connaît une situation insurrectionnelle. Rues barricadées, circulation bloquée, activités commerciales paralysées : le pays est régulièrement mis à l'arrêt, parfois pendant plusieurs semaines. À l'origine de ce mouvement social inédit ici, la fusion de deux colères : celle (...) / Haïti, Caraïbes, Politique, Corruption, Économie, Pauvreté, Mouvement de contestation, Venezuela - 2020/02

The potential troop cuts face scrutiny inside the Trump administration and on Capitol Hill.

Les nobles desseins imaginés par le premier directeur général de la British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) contrastent avec le paysage médiatique qu'offre le Royaume-Uni aujourd'hui, BBC comprise. La confiance de la population dans les médias est en berne depuis un quart de siècle, mais les (...) / Royaume-Uni, Presse, Médias, Information, Personnalités - 2020/02

The basketball legend’s death was bigger than virus news in a country that loved him.

Next week, Iowans will caucus to choose a Democratic candidate for president. But an observer might be forgiven for thinking that the future of U.S. health care was the real choice on the ballot.

Health care has been the most discussed topic at the Democratic Party debates, to the dismay of commentators who would like the conversation to expand beyond Medicare and its financing to highlight the candidates’ other policy differences with President Donald Trump. Yet politicians and debate moderators are merely responding to recent polls: health care is the only issue that a majority of Americans agrees is extremely important in the 2020 presidential election.

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When it comes to dealing with armed conflict, the eyes of the world often turn to the UN Security Council and members’ attempts, with varying degrees of success, to resolve or prevent bloodshed. 

Against the backdrop of U.S. domestic drama, the secretary of state’s visit to Kyiv could prove tricky.

Chinese officials have extended the Lunar New Year holiday and started building emergency hospitals to combat the new coronavirus. Will it work?

Six youth leaders from around the world were at UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday to share their ambitious visions for a future where international cooperation is prioritized and everyone’s voice is heard.   

The “dire and deteriorating humanitarian situation” affecting women and children in northwest Syria was the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator’s top concern on Wednesday morning as he briefed the Security Council in New York.  

The most effective plan against the Islamic Republic has always been the most obvious—and the one nobody in Washington seems willing to try.

A raft of new multibillion-dollar deals announced by Xi Jinping worry Washington and New Delhi.