The World of International Organizations Explained
February 28, 2019
After two summits between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un aimed at negotiating North Korea’s denuclearization, the talks deadlocked over the U.N. sanctions imposed by the Security Council over a dozen years.
February 27, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that international organizations should be treated like foreign nations when it comes to immunities: protections from lawsuits under American courts do not extend to commercial activities.
February 27, 2019
Britain’s ambassador to the United Nations linked Venezuela’s gold holdings in the Bank of England to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s grip on power — and his possible undoing. Access to gold could help Maduro maintain his hold in the cash-poor, oil-rich nation.
February 25, 2019
Opening its new session, the world’s foremost body for encouraging human rights got a dismal message: U.N. leaders see a rise in hatred and a retreat in progress globally. The U.N. chief warned the “human rights agenda is losing ground” but was hopeful nonetheless.
February 24, 2019
An unprecedented Vatican four-day summit closed with a mass at which Pope Francis promised an “all-out battle” to prevent more sex abuse of children by pedophile priests and the bishops who cover up their crimes.
February 15, 2019
European and Asian leaders attending the world’s foremost security conference in Munich criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s enmity for international organizations and multilateral solutions, saying his isolationism put the world at more risk of conflicts and war.
February 11, 2019
U.N. counterterrorism experts reported that Islamic State militants remained a “covert” global threat, despite their recent losses and shifts in tactics.
February 11, 2019
When an underwater cable became severed in the South Pacific last month, Tonga lost all internet access for nearly two weeks, in an incident that illustrates some of the risks that a U.N. expert group is examining.
February 7, 2019
The U.N. team investigating Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s death said preliminary evidence shows it was a “premeditated killing” that was planned and carried out by Saudi officials, who then “undermined” Turkey’s efforts to determine what happened.
February 5, 2019
The U.S.-China trade war is costing each country major export losses that are most likely to benefit European Union members and 22 other countries, the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development reported.
