HRW warns China is undermining human rights and institutions
Experts cautioned that China has been using its economic muscle to silence critics at home and increasingly abroad.
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India's energy progress hailed by IEA, but major challenges loom
About half of India’s population — 700 million people — only gained access to electricity between 2000 and 2018.
Trade association seeks $5 billion fund to cut shipping emissions
London-based ICS proposed creating an organization to run a $5 billion fund for eliminating carbon from global shipping.
Nobel laureate Suu Kyi denies Rohingya genocide in top U.N. court
She argued that Myanmar has been fighting insurgents rather than persecuting its minority Rohingya Muslim population.
Nobel Prize-winning Suu Kyi due for showdown with U.N. genocide probe
Myanmar's leader will challenge the U.N. top court's prosecution of an alleged military-led genocide of Rohingyas.
ASEAN leads way to trade bloc with China and reduced trade barriers
Ten nations sign trade bloc with six countries including China and conclude negotiations on a new economic partnership.
World Bank and IMF accent small island nations at their fall meetings
The economic outlook challenges countries already struggling with climate change, trade wars, and geopolitical tensions.
Pakistan and India take rivalry over Himalayan region to United Nations
Pakistan's prime minister warned the U.N. General Assembly of a potential 'bloodbath' over the Jammu and Kashmir region.
IAEA and ASEAN agree to work on developing nuclear technology
IAEA will collaborate with ASEAN's 10 nations on a framework for developing nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
U.N. fact-finding panel urges trials on genocide charges in Myanmar
The panel reported Myanmar's armed forces killed thousands of Muslim Rohingya people during 'clearance operations.'
Nations challenged to restore land fertility from desert landscapes
Farming, logging, mining and other human activities add to climate impacts on land, costing up to 17% of global GDP.
U.N.'s most powerful panel formally takes up Kashmir after half-century
Prodded by China and Pakistan, the U.N. Security Council held a closed-door discussion on the Indian-controlled region.
Pakistan maneuvers against India at U.N. venues over contested regions
The moves are a furious reaction to India revoking the protected status Jammu and Kashmir held for six decades.
Experts say Myanmar's foreign arms trade fuels human rights abuses
A U.N. fact-finding mission urged the international community to sever ties with Myanmar’s military.
China dismisses rebuke at U.N. Human Rights Council over Uyghurs
The condemnation came from Australia, Canada, Iceland, Japan and New Zealand, along with 17 European nations.
China court says Interpol ex-president confesses to corruption
Chinese state media said the confession to bribes and kickbacks came at a trial. His wife called it a 'fake case.'