Diplomacy & Crisis News

One Afghan soldier and one Pakistani officer have been killed and 22 wounded in clashes at Torkham Border crossing.

The statement didn't contain language drastically different from recent declarations, but was issued inside China.

The Tibetan Buddhist leader on climate change, his future leadership role, and Tibetan issues.

Does India truly have the ability to target enemy satellites in war?

China's sports investments -- overseas and at home -- are booming, thanks to friendly government policies.

Does Nazarbayev’s statement on the Aktobe incident signal a move toward the illiberal?

Insights from Evelyn Goh

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Why is the Indonesian military again warning of an imminent communist revolution?

A vibrant array of minor parties provides a release valve for discontent in Australia.

Africa was missing from China’s “Belt and Road” roadmap, but including the continent makes good sense.

Burundi’s year-long crisis has not gone away. It started with President Pierre Nkurunziza’s determination to claim a third term, trampling over the constitutional arrangements that ended a decade-long civil war. Press freedom is a major casualty of the new strife; but the turmoil has also transformed the way in which Burundians get information. For better or worse, social media has filled the vacuum left by the shutting down of the most popular radio stations and forcing out of many of the country’s professional journalists.

An expert panel of the World Health Organization (WHO) today concluded that while the Zika virus and its associated disorders continue to be a public health emergency of international concern, there is a &#8220very low&#8221 risk of further international spread of the virus as a result of the upcoming Olympic Games.

Given the unchanged nature of the conflict in Darfur, Sudan, the mandate of the African Union-United Nations mission there should be extended for another year, without changes to its priorities or its authorized troop and police ceiling, the top UN peacekeeping official said today.

In Brussels, Belgium, today, ahead of the start of a forum by the European Commission, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with several European officials, discussing such issues as the need for stronger international cooperation in the face of emerging challenges related to terrorism, and also visited with refugees and volunteers working at a soup kitchen.

More than nine out of 10 refugee and migrant children arriving in Europe this year through Italy are unaccompanied, the United Nations Children&#39s Fund (UNICEF) reported today, warning of the growing threats of abuse, exploitation and death that such children are facing.

In an opinion piece published today by The Guardian, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed the outcome of the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit, held in Istanbul, Turkey, last month.

In the wake of the mass killing of 49 people by a sole gunman in a gay nightclub in Florida, the United Nations human rights chief today urged the leadership of the United States to live up to its obligations to protect its citizens from the &#8220horrifyingly commonplace but preventable violent attacks that are the direct result of insufficient gun control.&#8221

The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution today authorizing Member States, acting nationally or through regional organizations, to inspect vessels on the high seas off the coast of Libya they believe are carrying illicit weapons.

On World Blood Donor Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for a rapid increase in voluntary blood donations in more than half of the countries globally in order to ensure a reliable supply of safe blood for patients whose lives depend on it.