U.N. rights chief calls for guarantees on Libyan humanitarian corridors
The U.N. fears more air raids and heavy shelling in residential areas could cause more deaths and destroyed neighborhoods.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, started with 12 countries in 1949 and has since grown into a military alliance among Canada, the United States and 27 European nations. It requires members to commit to helping each other defend against any attack. NATO's initial purpose was to defend Western Europe from the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
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At 70th anniversary, NATO tensions emerge over 21st century threats
In Warsaw, ministers warily eyed Russia’s military activities. In Washington, China was foremost on the list of concerns.
Americans snub G-7 summit preparations at French resort
A meeting of foreign ministers in the French seaside resort of Dinard this week will not include two senior U.S. officials.
Dispute over economic sanctions ends Trump-Kim nuclear talks
The leaders had contradictory accounts of why there was no agreement on dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons.
Trump administration's go-it-alone policies rapped at Munich summit
Leaders criticized the breakdown in transatlantic relations from U.S. isolationism despite China's growing power.
Trump says he will sever nuclear arms control treaty with Russia
The U.S. will suspend participation in the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty against nuclear-capable cruise missiles.
U.N. chief rallies nations to take action against a 'world of trouble'
António Guterres urged more diplomacy, climate ambition, technology uses, and focus on the U.N.'s 17 Global Goals.
U.S. midterm elections will revise America's international outlook
Democrats vowed to redirect, block or investigate the U.S. president's foreign and domestic programs and priorities.
Human rights and children's issues take lead in organizations' retweets
As social media proliferates, the U.N. human rights chief and UNICEF are generating thousands of engagements on Twitter.
Experts bid to keep U.S.-Russia arms pact alive amid rising tensions
Arms control experts urged the Trump administration to reverse plans to withdraw the U.S. from a Cold War-era treaty.
Trump raises risk of arms race with U.S. exit from nuclear treaty
The Trump administration announced plans to withdraw the United States from the INF Treaty of 1987, and blamed Russia.
U.S. ordered by U.N. tribunal to lift some economic sanctions on Iran
Judges ruled sanctions reinstated by the Trump administration breached a treaty between Iran and the U.S.
Trump calls U.N. 'unaccountable' in boastful attack on multilateralism
At the U.N. General Assembly, the U.S. president attacked the world body as a largely useless "global bureaucracy."
Trump administration rebukes International Criminal Court
Trump's national security adviser harshly condemned the International Criminal Court, which is hated by conservatives.
U.N. calls on Turkey to uphold all 'basic rights' after emergency rule
Leaders welcomed the end of Turkey's emergency rule, urging its government to uphold human rights and legal standards.
Trump's anti-internationalism strains Western military alliance
After calling NATO obsolete, Trump suggested America might not defend others and demanded more defense spending.