Former Trump economic adviser begins World Bank presidency
David Malpass now oversees one of the most important international organizations set up after World War II.
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U.S. strips visa from chief prosecutor of war crimes tribunal
The U.S. State Department said ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda can visit the U.S. only for "official U.N. purposes."
At 70th anniversary, NATO tensions emerge over 21st century threats
In Warsaw, ministers from Central and Eastern Europe warily eyed Russia’s military activities. In Washington, where NATO was born, China was foremost on the list of concerns.
IPU decries hold on Venezuelan lawmakers prevented from travel
The Inter-Parliamentary Union said members of Venezuela's parliament were barred from leaving the country.
IFRC gains entry to scale up aid efforts as Venezuelan crisis deepens
Venezuelans who cannot flee are in the grips of a humanitarian crisis from lack of food and basic services.
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."
Ruling in IFC pollution case cracks U.S. immunity of organizations
Villagers near a power plant in Gujarat, India, held the International Finance Corporation accountable for pollution that damaged their fishing and farming livelihoods.
British envoy to U.N. links gold to Venezuela's authoritarian leader
Access to Venezuela's U.K.-held gold could help determine the leader's fate as his country collapses into economic chaos.
Vatican summit pledges to end children's sex abuse cover-ups
The global scandal has threatened generations of children, the Catholic Church's credibility and the pope's leadership.
Who will be the winner of the U.S.-China trade war winner? Neither.
The biggest beneficiaries are likely to be the E.U., Mexico, Japan, Canada, South Korea, India, Australia and Brazil.
Trump says he will sever nuclear arms control treaty with Russia
The U.S. will suspend participation in the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty against nuclear-capable cruise missiles.
UNESCO is latest U.N. agency to lose the Trump administration's support
Despite co-founding the U.N. agency as a peace-promoting organization, the U.S. has now withdrawn from it two times.
Leaders from Canada, Mexico and U.S. send 'NAFTA 2.0' to lawmakers
The trade deal fulfills U.S. President Donald Trump's pledge to replace the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement.
Global financial regulator presses for more U.S. engagement
The Financial Stability Board monitors and recommends ways of strengthening the world's financial architecture.
International Finance Corporation case is a challenge to immunity rules
Justices are deciding if the World Bank's financial lending arm has the same immunity as nations, which could alter the amount of protection — and independence from courts — that staff are given at organizations operating under U.S. laws.
Experts bid to keep U.S.-Russia arms pact alive amid rising tensions
Arms control experts urged the Trump administration to reverse plans to withdraw the United States from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia.