Diplomacy & International Relations

South Sudan: UN mission decries deadly attacks, works to calm tensions after ‘nothing but devastation’

(UN News) The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has condemned recent armed group attacks in Warrap state which reportedly left more than 60...

World marks second warmest July on record

(UN News) As multiple regions contend with unbearable heat, drought, wildfires and other extreme weather, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Tuesday underlined the...

Colombia earthquake: UN joins national response

(UN News) As earthquake rescue efforts across western Colombia continued on Tuesday, UN agencies said that they stood ready to help “with everything we've...

Myanmar: UN investigators document deliberate military attacks on civilians

(UN News) Myanmar's military has carried out a sustained campaign of deliberate attacks on civilians – including airstrikes on homes, schools and camps for...

USS Theodore Roosevelt becomes first carrier with built-in Unmanned Air Warfare Center

(Defense News) The USS Theodore Roosevelt is now the first Navy carrier to be equipped with an Unmanned Air Warfare Center that will support...

US not disengaging from Asia, seeks ‘partners, not protectorates,’ says Pentagon official

(Defense News) The United States is not disengaging from Asia and is instead “digging in” to maintain a favorable balance of power in the...

Latvia discovers secret migrant tunnel at Belarus frontier

(Politico) Latvian authorities have discovered a tunnel used by migrants to cross the border from Belarus illegally amid long-standing concerns that Minsk is weaponizing...

Ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad sentenced to death in absentia

(BBC) A Syrian court has sentenced ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia, after convicting him of committing war crimes and crimes against...

Hungary parliament elects former supreme court head Andras Baka as president

(Reuters) Hungary’s parliament elected Andras Baka, a ​former head of the Supreme Court, ⁠as the country’s next president ⁠on Tuesday, a symbolic step in...

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