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.
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U.N. team says Saudis working to undermine Khashoggi inquiry
The four-member U.N. team went to Ankara and Istanbul and their report to the U.N. Human Rights Council is due in June.
U.N. opens an investigation into journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder
U.N. special rapporteur Agnès Callamard requested and authorized the probe and her team now plans to visit Turkey.
Anti-corruption movement is betting on 'the power of people's pressure'
Corruption has wide-ranging impacts. Transparency International says ordinary people can fight back.
In surprise vote, Interpol picks South Korean for next president
The world's largest international police organization, which was expected to elevate a senior Russian security official to the top job, shifted gears after politicians and activists protested.
U.N. environment chief resigns after audit finds excessive plane flights
Aside from the money and time, the image of a jet-setting executive director in charge of an agency that sets environmental and climate agendas made for poor optics.
Russian tipped to take helm of Interpol despite U.S. political outcry
Interpol's general assembly meeting in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, was expected to select a Russian frontrunner.
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.
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.
Turkey says treaty will allow unobstructed Khashoggi probe
Turkey's president said a treaty prevents the investigation of Jamal Khashoggi's murder inside the Saudi consulate from being 'concealed behind the armor of immunity.'
Anti-corruption forum links corrosive impact on democracy
At least 45 governments, businesses and organizations endorsed a 26-point pledge for preventing corruption.
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.
U.N. urges international cooperation in Khashoggi murder investigation
The U.N. human rights chief said the likely murder of Jamal Khashoggi would be a serious crime that should make Saudi Arabia and Turkey cooperate fully with investigators.
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.
Fear of retaliation or job loss discourages U.N. whistleblowing
A new review of U.N. whistleblowing policies and practices by the U.N.'s Joint Inspection Unit showed little improvement from retaliation cases reported more than a decade earlier.