International Relations in India & Beyond
UNODC launched yesterday an organization-wide strategy to deal with the deadly global opioid crisis which is mainly affecting North America and parts of Africa and the Middle East, and threatening to spread more widely....
Beirut – Air strikes and ground fighting in southern Syria have forced at least 45,000 people to flee, the United Nations said today, the largest displacement in the area so far. “Over the last couple...
As the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen fights to take control of Hudayda, the city’s future remains clouded The battle for the Yemeni city of Hudayda has begun. Part of the backbone of international aid...
Geneva The UN today acknowledged Washington’s decision to stop separating migrant families at the US-Mexico border but insisted that detaining children with their parents was not the solution. “Children should never be detained for reasons...
A UN report is calling for the Venezuelan government to bring perpetrators of human rights violations to justice. The UN human rights chief said “impunity must end” in the crisis-stricken country. The United Nations...
More than 400 experts representing international organizations, government institutions, national statistical offices and academia from 35 countries gathered in Lima, Peru recently to discuss ways to modernize crime and criminal justice statistical systems. Organized...
Beijing – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un thanked Chinese President Xi Jinping for his support in last week’s groundbreaking summit with President Donald Trump, the North’s official media reported today. Kim is in...
Standing with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley slammed Russia, China, Cuba and Egypt for thwarting American efforts to reform the council. She also criticised countries which...
Bangladeshi security forces have shot dead around 130 people and arrested 13,000 in the past three weeks since the government introduced a “zero tolerance” policy against illegal drugs, the United Nations human rights...
The United Nations has released its first-ever guidelines on fighting anti-Semitism in education. UNESCO, the UN’s cultural body, launched the publication on Monday in Paris in collaboration with the Organization for Security and Co-operation...
