Diplomacy & Crisis News

One person has reportedly died, and dozens were injured after an explosion ripped through a large crowd at a rally for the new Prime Minister of Ethiopia on Saturday, which the UN chief described as a matter of “grave concern”.

Turks will vote to elect not only a president but also a parliament—a first in the country’s history.

The UN Secretary-General on Friday expressed his grave concern for thousands of civilians caught up in an escalation of fighting across southwestern Syria, close to the border with Jordan.

The loss of a spouse or partner is often devastating, but for many women it is magnified by a “long-term struggle” for basic needs, human rights and dignity, according to UN Women, in a message to mark International Widows’ Day.

Turkey is leveraging tradition to expand its power in Europe — but the history cuts both ways.

Tracking the growing global fleet of stealth fighters.

Women’s rights are under threat from a “backlash” of conservatism and fundamentalism around the world, a United Nation panel warned on Friday.

On our podcast: A Senate investigator who exposed the agency’s torture secrets tells his story.

Overhauling Foggy Bottom was once a centerpiece of the Trump administration’s reforms. Where did those plans go?

Mainstream establishment parties across the continent have been replaced by populists offering easy and empty answers.

The Chinese president is briefed on the Singapore summit during the North Korean leader’s third state visit.

Ramzan Kadyrov is using sports diplomacy to bolster his image.

An international law professor from Japan has been elected to serve with the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, following the resignation of a sitting judge, earlier this month.

Alors que l'armée américaine a reconnu la mort d'une trentaine de prisonniers confiés à sa garde en Afghanistan et en Irak, la CIA multiplie les opérations de « sous-traitance », envoyant des captifs dans les geôles du Maghreb ou du Proche-Orient, où la torture continue d'être d'usage courant. / Égypte, (...) / Égypte, États-Unis (affaires extérieures), Syrie, Droit international, Droits humains, Islam, Justice, Prison, Services secrets, Terrorisme, Suède, Torture - 2005/04 La question, les questions

The United States government decision to end its border policy of forcibly separating migrant children from their parents, does not help thousands of youngsters already in detention, who should be released and reunited with their families, a group of UN rights experts said on Friday.

The one thing that's clear about Erdogan's re-election bid is that everything is unclear.

The oil cartel vowed to add 1 million barrels a day to markets. It won’t add quite that much.

In Venezuela, “credible, shocking accounts of extrajudicial killings” and impunity for perpetrators, indicate that the rule of law “is virtually absent”, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Friday, in a call for an international inquiry into the alleged violations.

Calling for elections in the absence of stable institutions while competing for diplomatic and economic influence won’t rebuild the country — it will destroy it.

Une fois de plus, les deux candidats à l'élection présidentielle américaine ainsi que leurs colistiers sont millionnaires en dollars. Le sénateur John Kerry est plus opulent encore que son collègue et fortuné colistier, M. John Edwards. M. George W. Bush, lui, est issu d'une riche famille de la (...) / États-Unis, États-Unis (affaires intérieures), Éducation, Inégalités, Université - 2004/11 Masques