Tag: Foreign policy
UN chief proposes targets to lift South Sudan arms embargo
UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Wednesday for implementation of the 2018 peace agreement in South Sudan, disarmament of former combatants and establishment...
Russian FM says relations with West have ‘hit the bottom’
MOSCOW — Russia's top diplomat said Thursday that the country's relations with the United States and its allies have “hit the bottom” and no...
UN envoy: Myanmar faces possibility of major civil war
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar warned Wednesday that the country faces the possibility of civil war “at an unprecedented scale”...
UN experts pull back on corruption claims against Yemen
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. panel of experts monitoring sanctions against Yemen has pulled back from its claims of corruption and money laundering by...
Brazil leader names new top diplomat amid Cabinet shake-up
RIO DE JANEIRO — Amid a slide in his popularity, President Jair Bolsonaro has shaken up the Cabinet, including replacing Brazil's foreign minister who...
N. Korea accuses UN of double standard over missile firings
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Monday accused the United Nations of a “double standard” over its reaction to the North’s recent missile...
Reacting to bloody coup, US suspends trade deal with Myanmar
WASHINGTON — The United States on Monday suspended a trade deal with Myanmar until a democratic government is brought back to the Southeast Asian...
Bolsonaro forced into Cabinet reshuffle, fires top diplomat
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro reshuffled his Cabinet on Monday amid intense pressure to sack his foreign relations minister whose tenure...
UN renews mandate of North Korea experts, asks missile probe
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Friday to renew the mandate of U.N. experts monitoring sanctions against North Korea...
EXPLAINER: N. Korean missile tests follow same old playbook
SEOUL, South Korea — New U.S. president, same old North Korean playbook.
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