Climate-linked extreme weather blamed for rising impacts globally
Flooding, the worst of the impacts globally, continued to affect the largest number of people, more than 35 million.
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More children die of illness due to contaminated water than from war
Hundreds of millions of youth are at risk of contracting water-borne diseases because more countries suffer from conflicts.
War crimes court rebuffed and threatened by Trump administration
These are turbulent times for the International Criminal Court, created 17 years ago as a court of "last resort."
U.N. experts warn Islamic State militants remain a global threat
The extremist group is reported to still have thousands of foreign terrorist fighters among its ranks in Iraq and Syria and an 'influence' and 'intent' to launch international attacks.
Populism and trade wars corrode international cooperation
The Trump administration's broadsides against international cooperation embolden nations with poor human rights records and encourage attacks on journalists, experts said.
World faces 'stress test' of dangerous conflicts and climate change
Huge security threats loom from the crisis in Yemen to Afghanistan's fighting to the U.S.-China trade war.
Hatred stirred by populism brings deadliest year yet for journalists
In the past year at least 80 journalists were killed, 348 were detained in prison and 60 were taken as hostages.
U.S. midterm elections will revise America's international outlook
After eight years in the minority, Democrats vowed to redirect, block or investigate Republican U.S. President Donald Trump's domestic and foreign programs and priorities.
The United Nations has led 76 investigations in the past 55 years
With demands growing for the U.N. chief to appoint an investigation into Jamal Khashoggi's murder, a review by Arete News found just eight previous instances of such an order.
Trump administration rebukes International Criminal Court
U.S. President Donald Trump's belligerent national security adviser John Bolton harshly condemned the International Criminal Court, which is hated by conservatives.
Evidence of election meddling competes with voting assistance
Russians and Americans have a complicated history of election meddling abroad but they are not equivalent, international organizations and democracy proponents say.
Possible war crimes by all sides in Yemen identified by U.N. experts
A panel of experts said in an initial report to the U.N. Human Rights Council that the possible war crimes include rape, torture, disappearances and "deprivation of the right to life."
Modern slavery traps 40.3 million people around the world
The report found the highest concentration of modern slavery in North Korea — and bigger numbers than previously reported in Australia, Europe and the United States.
Record 68.5 million people globally forced to flee their homes in 2017
In a world of 7.6 billion people, 44,500 people a day — one person every two seconds — are displaced, the U.N. said.
Refugee crises around the world push nations' limits of capacity
Lagging financial help for displaced people has raised concerns that it could destabilize neighbors and regions.