U.N. review puts spotlight on China's treatment of ethnic minorities
A routine examination by the U.N. Human Rights Council looked at Chinese crackdowns on Uyghurs and Tibetans.
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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.
Move over tobacco, air pollution is the next major public health target
As much as 91% of the world's population breathes unhealthy air, which is why it's the focus of a global health conference.
Postal union scrambles to address U.S. criticism on mail delivery rates
The action came days after the Trump administration said it intends to withdraw from the 144-year-old organization.
Global arms trade comes into focus on Saudi role in Khashoggi killing
Protesters urged more attention to global weapons sales in the wake of a journalist's murder in a Saudi consulate at Istanbul.
Anti-corruption forum links corrosive impact on democracy
At least 45 governments, businesses and organizations endorsed a 26-point pledge for preventing corruption.
Trump raises risk of arms race with U.S. exit from nuclear treaty
The Trump administration announced plans to withdraw the United States from the INF Treaty of 1987, and blamed Russia.
Groups urge U.N. murder investigation in Khashoggi case
The U.N. chief faces calls to order an independent investigation into Jamal Khashoggi's murder.
Trump administration's Nikki Haley to resign as U.S. ambassador to U.N.
The U.S. envoy to the U.N. will depart at the end of 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump announced without explaining why.
Experts dash false hopes that climate change won't bring misery
The Nobel Prize-winning U.N. panel on climate change said it's life or death for much of the planet as soon as 2040.
Interpol chief is discovered in Chinese detention and quits his post
Meng Hongwei turned up in police custody and submitted his resignation while under investigation on unspecified corruption charges by China's ruling Communist Party.
Interpol's president seems to have vanished on a work trip to China
The world's largest international police organization has a politically-charged mystery to solve: its president is missing.
Nations agree to fishing ban allowing Arctic marine protections
Concerns about climate change's rapid rate of advance in the far north drove three years of talks on commercial fishing.
U.S. ordered by U.N. tribunal to lift some economic sanctions on Iran
Judges ruled that sanctions reinstated by the Trump administration breached a 1955 treaty between Iran and the United States that predates Iran's Islamic Revolution.
Global appeal at U.N. seeks freedom for captive journalists and free press
The special gathering at U.N. headquarters in New York highlighted the many challenges to press freedoms globally.
Trump calls U.N. 'unaccountable' in boastful attack on multilateralism
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."