UN independent expert proposes action plan to boost human rights in Cambodia
UN Special Rapporteur Vitit Muntarbhorn announced the plan on Friday at the conclusion of an 11-day mission to the country. Although Cambodia has achieved much...
Sri Lanka: Devastating crisis for children, a ‘cautionary tale’ for South Asia
The alert from the UN Children’s Fund, comes as Sri Lanka continues to suffer its worst financial slump since independence in 1948. Mr. Laryea-Adjei reports...
Ukraine: Top UN aid official appeals for access across contact line
“Winter is coming,…[and] all we want to do [is] provide insulin to the hospitals, provide blankets, provide mattresses…it's not complicated”, said Denise Brown, the Resident...
Transcript of Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan’s Interview with the Straits Times’ The Big Story, 26 August 2022
[ad_1] Lynlee Foo (ST): Thank you very much Minister for coming into our studio at The Straits Times. Now during the National Day Rally (NDR),...
Ethiopia: Four killed, including two children in Tigray Airstrike | Africanews
At least four people, including two children, were killed and nine wounded in Ethiopia's airstrikes on Friday on Mekele, the capital of the rebel region...
Who Benefits From a New Iran Deal?
Matthew Kroenig: Hi, Emma! I hope you are enjoying the last few hours of summer. I teach my first class of the fall semester at...
Brussels weighs costs of angering China over new trade measures
[ad_1] EU-China relations are about to get bumpier. Brussels will present its forced labor ban in early September — a move that will target products...
Venezuela’s Enabling Neighbors Change Their Tune
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Old allies of Venezuela’s government criticize its autocracy, Bolivia offers reparations to victims of its...
TICAD8 To Shore Up Japanese-Africa Economic Cooperation | African Examiner
Posted by Eric Ojo Asia, breaking news Friday, August 26, 2022 (African Examiner) - Ahead of the upcoming...
Macron: UK is a friend … sometimes ‘in spite of its leaders’
[ad_1] ALGIERS — French President Emmanuel Macron said the U.K. is a friend of France regardless of its leaders, just hours after the front-runner to...