Diplomacy & Crisis News

Deeply concerned by the frequency of acts of violence in many parts of the world against media professionals in armed conflict, the United Nations Security Council today adopted a resolution condemning all violations and abuses committed against journalists and strongly deploring impunity for such acts.

Less than 24 hours after U.S. and Swiss authorities unveiled a sweeping investigation into corruption at the highest ranks of FIFA, including how the 2018 World Cup was awarded to Russia, Moscow is hitting back.

In a hostile world, Pakistani minorities face many threats; each new atrocity brings with it reams of analysis and no shortage of finger pointing towards the perceived culprits. But general public opinion might be just as much to blame as terrorism.

The United States is taking aim at future World Cups in Russia and Qatar.

The Syrian regime is gearing up for a counteroffensive that relies on Iran’s money and Shiite foreign fighters from as far away as Central Asia to push back against the Islamic State.

The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today warned that the “unnecessary loss of innocent lives cannot go on” and spotlighted the increasingly dire medical situation in Yemen, where it says the health and lives of millions of people are at risk, and health facilities, staff and patients are under attack in widespread violations of international humanitarian law.

It’s a safe bet that neither Cy Tokmakjian or Stephen Purvis will be attending a Brookings Institution event next week on doing business in Cuba. Canadian and British businessmen, respectively, they each suffered through Kafkaesque ordeals in Cuba after they did just that, somehow running afoul of some regulation in Cuba’s opaque and arbitrary judicial system. After being imprisoned for months ...

As corruption indictments swirl, soccer’s governing body prepares for a vote of confidence in its CEO.

Life in the People's Republic can be trying -- but for a young American, it's also transformative. FP surveys a rising generation of cross-cultural natives.

“Many times the Vietnam was called a ten-year war fought one year at a time.... which actually wasn't true though most service members rotated through one year at a time. Units remained and had members who had served different lengths of time, with those with longest service in country able to pass on lessons learned to those just arriving. Afghanistan and Iraq, unlike Vietnam truly were long wars fought one year at a time.”

"That China is one of the world’s four Great Powers is an absolute farce. I have told the President I would be reasonably polite about this American obsession.”

En 1917, l'empire des Romanov s'est effondré sur lui-même, mais certains voient dans la révolution d'Octobre le résultat d'une cabale ourdie par des forces occultes aspirant à la mort de la Russie d'ancien régime. / Allemagne, Russie, Armée, Communisme, Conflit, Désinformation, Histoire, Idées, Parti (...) / Allemagne, Russie, Armée, Communisme, Conflit, Désinformation, Histoire, Idées, Parti politique, Personnalités, Politique, Presse, Révolution russe 1917, Monarchie - 2015/06

S'ils parviennent à empêcher une nouvelle partition de l'Ukraine, les seconds accords de Minsk, si fragiles et ambigus soient-ils, pourraient offrir une chance ultime de rénovation de l'ordre européen, en jetant les bases d'un modus vivendi avec la Russie. / Allemagne, États-Unis (affaires (...) / Allemagne, États-Unis (affaires extérieures), Europe, Europe de l'Est, France, Géorgie, Russie, Ukraine, Conflit, Géopolitique, Relations internationales, Biélorussie, Moldavie, Diplomatie, Guerre civile, Frontières - 2015/06

The number of the world&#39s chronically undernourished has dropped below the 800 million mark as an increasing number of countries hit their Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets on hunger, according to a new United Nations report released today by the Organization&#39s three food agencies.

The United Nations entity dedicated to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women announced today a partnership with Valencia Club de Fútbol, the first time ever that UN Women will collaborate with a professional sports team.

The United Nations rights office called today on the Government of Kyrgyzstan to ensure that the freedoms of expression and association are protected in line with international human rights standards as the country’s Parliament prepared to hear the first reading of draft law that could negatively affect the work of civil society organizations there.

As Serbia and Kosovo aim to overcome the legacy of conflict, the two countries must avoid procrastination on implementing the remaining steps of the April 2013 Accord and allowing older issues to shackle opportunities to open new ground, the United Nations Security Council was told today.

The World Health Assembly wrapped up its work today after giving the greenlight for the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) to reform its emergency and response capacity to better tackle future disease outbreaks like Ebola, and agreeing to address antimicrobial resistance and air pollution, as well as improve access to affordable vaccines and set global nutrition targets.

Narendra Modi is poised to add another chapter to the ugly history of government-assisted land grabs in India.

Israel’s coalition government is a shaky mess. But Bibi’s wheeling and dealing have cemented his hold on power.