Human rights groups protest lack of justice, closure in Khashoggi murder
“The path to justice for his killing remains fully blocked," said Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard.
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Russian attack on Ukraine flouts U.N. grain deal
Russia struck Ukraine's port of Odesa, violating the deal brokered by Turkey and the United Nations that Moscow and Kyiv signed less than a day earlier.
Organizations turn to airlift for Afghanistan
The U.N. health agency and other international organizations began airlifting emergency supplies to Afghanistan through neighboring Pakistan and its airline.
Global coronavirus cases surpass 200 million
Confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide topped 200 million with 4.25 million deaths, amid a surge in highly transmissible delta variant infections.
Trump administration may seek U.S. withdrawal from Open Skies Treaty
Four senior Democrats warned the Trump administration may exit a treaty for mutual unarmed surveillance over 34 nations.
G-20 calls trade and geopolitical tensions threat to global growth
As host to the talks, Japan played peacemaker between the U.S. and nations antagonized by Trump's protectionism.
Frontier of machine learning raises questions and risks for human rights
International organizations are calling on governments and technology companies to adopt a human rights declaration.
International cooperation is shaped by a history of waterways and wars
The first international organization dates to an 1804 treaty on the Rhine River. In the 20th century, organizations for carrying out a lot of the world's cooperation and development proliferated to find complex solutions and prevent wars.