United Nations

DUSHANBE (Reuters) - Tajikistan has taken in more than 1,000 civilian refugees fleeing the violence in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province across...

ASIA

UN rights expert calls for sanctions on Myanmar’s oil and gas sector

GENEVA (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights investigator called on states on Wednesday to impose economic sanctions on Myanmar's...

ASIA

Death of a 84-year-old Indian priest in custody stirs outcry

By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) -A top U.N. human rights official has deplored the death in custody of an...

Civil Unrest

Haiti’s history of violence and turmoil

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti became Latin America and the Caribbean's first independent state of the colonial era and the first...

ASEAN Countries

Singapore says ASEAN aims to speed up plan to end Myanmar crisis

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was working to expedite the implementation of a five-point consensus...

ASIA

Iran takes steps to make enriched uranium metal; U.S., Europe powers dismayed

By Francois Murphy, Humeyra Pamuk and Arshad Mohammed VIENNA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Iran has begun the process of producing enriched uranium metal,...

ASIA

U.S. envoy on North Korea speaks with Chinese counterpart

By Simon Lewis and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States' top envoy for North Korea spoke with his...

Americas

Blinken calls for indefinite ceasefire in call with Ethiopia’s Abiy

By Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy...

ASIA

Russia skips U.N. talks on Syria cross-border aid access -diplomats

By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Russia skipped U.N. Security Council negotiations on Tuesday on whether to extend approval...

Diplomacy and Foreign Policy

U.N. urges Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to recommit to dam talks

By Doyinsola Oladipo (Reuters) -The United Nations called on Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt on Tuesday to recommit to talks on...

ASIA

Estonia decries detention of diplomat in Russia

MOSCOW/VILNIUS (Reuters) -Estonia accused Russia on Tuesday of detaining one of its diplomats after a "set-up" designed to make him...

ASIA

Estonian diplomat’s detention in Russia “a set-up”, Estonia says

By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Estonia said the reported detention of one of its diplomats by Russia's Federal Security...

ASIA

China, U.S. can coexist in peace but challenge is enormous – White House

By David Brunnstrom and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -White House Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell said on Tuesday that it was...

ASEAN Countries

Biden to host summit of Quad countries this year – White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. coordinator for the Indo-Pacific region Kurt Campbell said on Tuesday that U.S. President Joe Biden...

Afghanistan

Turkish, U.S. defence ministers to discuss Kabul airport plan on Wednesday

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said he would discuss with his U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin on Wednesday...

Diplomacy and Foreign Policy

Restriction of civic space in Venezuela is worrying, says U.N. human rights chief

CARACAS (Reuters) - Restrictions on civic space in Venezuela remain a cause for concern, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights...

Advocacy Groups / Pressure Groups / Lobbies

Myanmar rights violations under scrutiny from new task force

(Reuters) - A new task force was launched on Monday to investigate evidence of human rights violations in Myanmar more...

Belarus

U.N. envoy tells Belarus to free political prisoners as U.S hints at sanctions

GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. Special Rapporteur told Belarus on Monday to immediately free some 530 jailed people whom rights groups...

Belarus

U.N. envoy compares Belarus to ‘totalitarian’ state

GENEVA (Reuters) - The forced grounding of a passenger plane in Minsk shows the Belarussian government's wish to end all...

Belarus

U.N. envoy calls for immediate release of Belarus political prisoners