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As Austria and Germany begin receiving thousands of refugees and migrants who crossed the border last night from Hungary, the United Nations refugee agency hailed the decision as &#8220political leadership based on humanitarian values,&#8221 while also applauding Austrian and German civil society groups gearing up to assist people as they enter their countries.

Saudi Arabia's king has rented every room in Georgetown's poshest hotel as he meets with top U.S. officials to discuss his bombing campaign against the Middle East's poorest country.

Richard Curtis is known around the world as the film-maker behind international hits such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Mr. Bean, Love Actually, and Bridget Jones’s Diary, as well as for his involvement with the charity Comic Relief.

However, over the past year, the British filmmaker and founder of Project Everyone has been working closely with the United Nations to help give prominence to something completely different – the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 17 targets aimed at achieving three main objectives in the next 15 years: end extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate change.

Estonian parents get two years of paid leave, U.S. prisoners make $.12 an hour, and other statistics to consider this Labor Day.

The United Nations envoy facilitating efforts to restore peace in Libya said today that real progress was being made as the participants wrapped-up the latest round of the political dialogue process, which has been taking place in Geneva.

Wrapping up a four-day mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Kyung-wha Kang, called strongly today for creative ways to reignite donor engagement and ensure that one of the world’s most protracted crises does not “fall off the humanitarian radar.”

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After running on an anti-corruption campaign, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari made his assets public this week.

As Germany faces a racist backlash to the influx of migrants and refugees, is the country forgetting its past?

The strange love affair between Indonesia’s speaker of the house, a volcano-fracking tycoon, and Donald Trump.

The reaction to images of Aylan Kurdi says much about the deep tie many see between democracy and chaos.

Déclarations menaçantes et escarmouches plus ou moins maîtrisées empoisonnent le climat en mer de Chine orientale. En cause : les îles Senkaku /Diaoyu, revendiquées à la fois par le Japon et par la Chine — avec Washington pour arbitre. / Asie, Chine, États-Unis, États-Unis (affaires extérieures), Japon, (...) / Asie, Chine, États-Unis, États-Unis (affaires extérieures), Japon, Défense, Géopolitique, Mer, Nationalisme, Relations internationales, Stratégie, Géographie, Pacifique, Mer de Chine, Frontières - 2014/01

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Le discours anticapitaliste d'un pape venu du Sud ; une lettre de l'ancienne ministre de la culture du Mali Aminata D. Traoré à propos des migrants perdus en mer ; l'industrie des « prêteurs rapaces » aux Etats-Unis ; la géopolitique de l'Arctique au prisme de l'ours polaire : voici une sélection (...) / États-Unis, Animal, Capitalisme, Inégalités, Migrations, Pauvreté, Religion, Arctique, Frontières - La valise diplomatique

China’s unsuccessful invitation to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to attend the 70th anniversary celebrations of the country’s Second World War victory over Japan was an example of diplomacy at its most passive-aggressive.

Emouvant quand il meurt dans un naufrage, inquiétant lorsqu'il perturbe l'ordre public, l'étranger dope toujours l'Audimat. En France comme aux Etats-Unis, le traitement de l'immigration se focalise de plus en plus sur les questions humanitaires et de sécurité, en épousant en général les exigences (...) / États-Unis, États-Unis (affaires intérieures), Europe, France, Histoire, Idéologie, Immigrés, Information, Sécurité, Médias, Migrations, Mutation, Relations Nord-Sud, Frontières - 2015/05

Conformément au théorème selon lequel toute crise européenne ne peut s'expliquer que par une insuffisance d'Europe, le drame grec a suscité une pluie de commentaires sur la nécessité d'accélérer l'intégration. Or, selon qui l'emploie, ce terme renvoie à deux idées diamétralement opposées. Pour les uns, (...) / Allemagne, France, Grèce, Idéologie, Politique - 2015/08

(Own report) - The German Bundeswehr will play a leading role in "Operation Trident Juncture," a large scale NATO exercise, set for late September. German NATO-General Hans-Lothar Domröse will command the exercise involving more than 36,000 soldiers. The German Armed Forces' "Multinational Joint Headquarters" based in Ulm (Baden-Württemberg) will be the main coordinator. "Trident Juncture" will exercise a military intervention in a fictitious country at the Horn of Africa with NATO's "Spearhead" response force, comprised mainly of Bundeswehr soldiers. According to the training scenario, not only will western troops be confronting a regular army and guerilla fighters, but will also encounter "food insecurity," "massive population displacements," "cyber-attacks," "chemical warfare," and "information warfare." According to Lt. Gen. Richard Rossmanith, commander of the "Multinational Joint Headquarters Ulm," "Operation Trident Juncture" will not only send a "message" to Russia: "Everyone should consider carefully about how they deal with us" - because NATO is "the strongest military alliance in the world" with a "360 degree" orientation.

“Tangible” results have been achieved for a political deal in Libya, but concrete solutions to the conflict will only be reached when all parties agree on a final draft, the United Nations envoy facilitating efforts to restore peace in the North African country said today.

Monday's grenade attack in Kiev has upended Ukrainian politics -- with unpredictable consequences.