Diplomacy & Crisis News

Dépouillée de ses valeurs culturelles, condamnée à une mendicité officielle, parée d'une bourgeoisie de pure fiction, la Martinique pourtant résiste à la politique d'assimilation. La Martinique est de plus en plus constituée en terre d'échange, où le circuit bien connu — fonds publics transformés en (...) / Caraïbes, France Outre-mer, France, Martinique, Colonialisme, Identité culturelle - 1977/06

An ambitious plan to make one of the world’s largest and most complex railway networks a net zero carbon emitter by 2030 is moving full steam ahead, although without the steam, thanks, in part, to support from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).

What the world might be witnessing today is the dawn of an illiberal American century.

Trump’s physician expressed optimism about the president’s health after he tested positive for the coronavirus. But his hospitalization brings to light new questions on what happens if a worst-case scenario hits while Americans are casting their votes.

Trump is a pariah for top security experts, Biden won’t end U.S. trade wars, and Saudi Arabia’s bid to rejoin the U.N. Human Rights Council.

Just when the U.S. public needs clarity about Trump’s health, tradition and the president’s proclivities make that unlikely.

Luis Jose Faife, a UN refugee agency (UNHCR) worker from Mozambique, survived the devastation of Cyclones Idai and Kenneth, which killed more than 600 people in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, and displaced some 2.2. million people, in March 2019. Now COVID-19 is posing a new challenge to humanitarian workers, and they people they help.

The president has treatment options for his coronavirus infection. None are very good.

Stolen funds undermine public spending on health care, education, and infrastructure, a U.N. report finds.

The list of former national security staff and senior officials who endorsed the president this week is one of the most unimpressive ever assembled by a candidate.

In an earlier age, the Democratic and Republican front-runners reserved their sharpest criticism for the Soviet Union and treated each other with respect.

With strong leadership and comprehensive strategies it’s never too late for countries to change the trendlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite passing the tragic milestone of one million deaths this week amid regional surges in infections, said the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday.

Trump is far from the first world leader to face the political implications of his own positive COVID-19 test. What happens next?

The UN human rights office OHCHR, called on Friday for urgent action to address the “unimaginable horrors” faced by migrants attempting to cross the central Mediterranean Sea in search of safety in Europe.

Authorities are struggling as protesters break anti-monarchy taboos.

A wave of insurgent Islamism arrived in the West 20 years ago—and disappeared just as quickly.

New Delhi has a long history of harassing international NGOs. But under Modi, things may reach a tipping point.

The technology to build new green economies is mostly produced in China. That’s bad for the United States.

Officials are warily watching for adversaries like Russia, Iran, and North Korea to exploit the moment.

The elimination of nuclear weapons is vital to the “survival of life on this planet”, the UN chief told the final major event of the General Assembly’s high level week on Friday.