Global trading rules galvanize G-20 leaders amid U.S.-China tensions
The Group of 20's final communiqué expressed concern about the future direction of the World Trade Organization, which U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to leave.
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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.
U.N. rights chief urges more global support for people and not nations
The departing U.N. human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, a Jordanian prince and diplomat, warned people's rights must be defended amid a rise in populist-driven authoritarians.
Chile's former president Bachelet named U.N. human rights chief
Bachelet got involved in politics after becoming a Chilean human rights activist in the early 1970s, owing to her family becoming political prisoners and the death of her father, an air force general, after months of torture while in prison.
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.
U.S. and Hungary reject U.N.-led push for a new global migration pact
A new pact for promoting safe migration that's supported by 190 countries has been advancing through the United Nations without participation from the United States and Hungary.
Faster eco-improvement urged on multiple fronts despite financial cuts
The world's foremost international organization for financing projects on environmental change sent up smoke signals warning that 'incremental change will not suffice.'
Trump trade war erodes the U.N.'s global anti-poverty goals for 2030
International organizations said the tit-for-tat tariffs will undercut a broad array of global development efforts.
U.N. officials blast U.S. border policy as 'unconscionable' and cruel
Human rights and humanitarian officials said U.S. officials must stop separating migrant children from their parents.
FIFA picks North America's 'United' bid to host the World Cup in 2026
Canada, Mexico and the United States will serve as hosts, marking the first time three nations have shared such a role.
U.N. says Trump violates children's rights along U.S.-Mexico border
The U.N. human rights office said the 'zero tolerance' policy violates children's rights by breaking up families from Mexico.
Transition to renewable energy lags behind Paris treaty climate goals
High shares of renewables are being integrated in the power sector, but not fast enough to fight climate change.
Threats to press and repressive leaders pose danger to democracy
Reporters Without Borders says hatred for the press is 'steadily more visible' - and is not limited to authoritarian countries.