Dozens of nations call for a global pact against online extremism
The proposed global pact is named the Christchurch Call after the New Zealand city where 51 people were killed in March.
Already have an account? Log in
The proposed global pact is named the Christchurch Call after the New Zealand city where 51 people were killed in March.
The kidnappings of the three ICRC staff six years ago had been kept secret until now out of fears for their safety.
Glaciers lost more than 9,000 billion tons of ice since 1961, raising water levels by 27 millimeters worldwide.
The judgement in the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals at The Hague, Netherlands, brings to a close the legal odyssey of 73-year-old Radovan Karadžić.
The European Union and eight other nations condemned Saudi Arabia, demanding that it cooperate with a U.N.-led investigation into Jamal Khashoggi's brazen murder.
Japan will leave the International Whaling Commission, which will drop to 88 members, and resume whaling in April.
At least 45 governments, businesses and organizations endorsed a 26-point pledge for preventing corruption.
New ethnic clashes in the south of the country and violence along a border region displaced more than 1 million people.
Deep-seated Muslim anger at efforts to satirize Prophet Muhammad stirred the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to propose a ban against incitement of religious hatred.
Beyond the repercussions in Washington and Beijing, international organizations said the tit-for-tat tariffs will undercut a broad array of global development efforts.
Before telecoms can revolutionize their equipment, the International Telecommunication Union must develop new technical standards for putting it all to use.