Review of Saudi human rights tainted by journalist's murder
The murder of Jamal Khashoggi overshadowed the U.N. examination of Saudi Arabia's troubled human rights record, with nations calling for a proper investigation into his killing.
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The murder of Jamal Khashoggi overshadowed the U.N. examination of Saudi Arabia's troubled human rights record, with nations calling for a proper investigation into his killing.
At least 45 governments, businesses and organizations endorsed a 26-point pledge for preventing corruption.
At the U.N. General Assembly, U.S. President Donald Trump unleashed a vicious attack on the U.S.-hosted world body that he described as a largely usesless "global bureaucracy."
The picture is complicated by safety and environmental concerns and IAEA's dual roles as watchdog and promoter.
For only a second time in its 144-year history, the Swiss-based Universal Postal Union held an "Extraordinary Congress," this time under U.S. pressure to change international postal rates.
With the U.S. reversal, Iran's planned economic opening to the West depends on its European, Russian and Chinese partners.
Experts warned the Trump administration's vitriolic language and combative actions against journalists are purposely meant to undermine the mission of U.S.-based news organizations.
Deep-seated Muslim anger at efforts to satirize Prophet Muhammad stirred the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to propose a ban against incitement of religious hatred.
International organizations welcomed the end of Turkey's emergency rule and urged President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's government to uphold basic human rights and legal standards.
After calling NATO obsolete and suggesting America might not defend other alliance members, U.S. President Donald Trump demanded other members raise their defense spending.
The world's financial help for displaced people has lagged — raising broad concerns among international organizations that a lack of resources can destabilize neighbors and regions.
Reporters Without Borders said hatred for the press was "steadily more visible” in 2018 among 180 countries it monitors each year and political leaders' hostility towards news media is no longer limited to authoritarian countries.
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.