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Trump causing G20 concern but is not isolated yet
Many in America and Europe may be disappointed if they prefer to see President Donald Trump isolated at the G-20 summit that opened in Hamburg today. He is not isolated even on climate change and has...
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First Trump-Putin meeting prompts G20 relief
The hotly anticipated meeting between President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin brought relief to the other G20 summiteers because it did not sink into a vituperative “she said, he said, they...
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UN doubtful on Cyprus reunification: possible permanent partition looms...
The angry collapse of UN-sponsored talks to reunify the Greek and Turkish parts of Cyprus after over four decades may lead to the first permanent partition inside the European Union. Announcing...
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Chinese fans of India’s Bollywood stars spotlight peace despite growing...
Chinese and Indian soldiers are staring one another down across the barrels of missile launchers, mortars and high velocity guns in the frozen wastes of the western Himalayas and leech-infested rain...
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Macron’s impromptu overture to Trump – a grand revolutionary parade!
President Donald Trump will be alongside his intellectual opposite Emmanuel Macron of France at the Bastille Day parade on the Champs Elysees in Paris on Friday. It is a gorgeous affair with pomp and...
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UN envoy sees hopeful signs for Intra-Syrian peace talks
President Donald Trump’s meetings with France’s Emmanuel Macron and Russia’s Vladimir Putin underscored an emerging focus on “some priorities and the idea of having some type of common urgency” about...
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UN reports rise in Afghan civilian casualties as Trump tries more troops
A record 1,662 civilians were killed and 3,581 injured in Afghanistan mainly because of Taliban attacks during the first six months of this year, according to the latest United Nations figures....
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UN children’s agency concerned about cholera in Sierra Leone
UNICEF, the UN agency for children, has some heart-breaking information about the devastating impacts of recent torrential rains and floods at Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone, one of Africa’s poorest...
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Growing concern that Trump might use North Korea to divert attention
Considering the uncertainties plaguing Donald Trump’s administration, today’s warning by Russian President Vladimir Putin that the US and North Korea are “on the brink of large-scale conflict” should...
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Trump faces struggle to unite UN Security Council against North Korea
North Korea’s provocative thermonuclear test is outrageous but its intention might be to force China to persuade the US to come in good faith to the negotiating table. The outcome might be a wider...
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Ways of nurturing harmony despite divisiveness in America
At a time when divisiveness is increasing among Americans, an Iranian-born thought leader is raising a voice for harmony, including useful techniques to cultivate it step by step. Kambiz Naficy,...
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UN Human Rights Chief: Governments not terrorists “will break humanity”
Governments “will break humanity” if left on their current course, the UN human rights chief said today, while also blaming Buddhist Myanmar for conducting “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing” of...
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World hunger is worsening: major UN report
World hunger is rising again despite rising wealth in Asia, Africa and South America. At least 815 million people suffer from severe hunger and malnutrition around the world, an increase of 38 million...
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Trump’s fearsome and pretentious speech at the UN
President Donald Trump’s first speech at the United Nations today was fearsome. It was also pretentious because Trump seems to think the he speaks for all Americans and that the US is the most...
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Germany: Staid Merkel could help Europe make history
The impacts of Germany’s elections on Sunday could be historic for Europe and its relationship with America if they fuel a new partnership between Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President...
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Merkel wins but empowers a monster
Angela Merkel handily won the German elections today but also empowered a monster that has already upended domestic politics and could disrupt liberal democracy for years. Her conservative Christian...
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China’s Xi Jinping highlights plans to change the world
Chinese President Xi Jinping outlined his plan to change the world away from US and Europe-led ideas towards a home-grown version of Marxist socialism that would be best for global peace and...
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Infographics on Xi Jinping’s plans to change the world
Here are the infographics about Xi Jinping’s ideas as published by the Xinhua news agency. Please go to this site: Xi Jinping speech infographics The post Infographics on Xi Jinping’s plans to change...
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UN reports horrific violations of LGBT rights
“Horrific violations” of the human rights of LGBT people continue unabated and their defenders are also being increasingly targeted, a UN expert reported today. “LGBT people are suffering a crucible of...
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Xi Jinping’s formidable bid for global leadership
Xi Jinping, China’s paramount leader for another five years, is a formidably capable heir to Mao Zedong both as a tactician and strategist. China is now well on the way to becoming an irresistible...
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UN, climate change and killer smog
The impenetrable killer smog currently blanketing northern India and large chunks of Pakistan illustrates the urgency of advancing more quickly on the United Nations agenda for anti-pollution and...
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UN triggers talks on killer robots but haze persists
The United Nations is trying to break new ground as it grapples with the persisting lack of clarity about killer robots and their military and ethical implications for warfare and humankind as a whole....
View ArticleSlaughter in Egypt may signal civil war within Islam
The heinous attack that slaughtered at least 235 worshippers in a northern Sinai mosque in Egypt today could be a new and chilling twist in a nascent civil war within Islam in many locations around the...
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Children devastated by Fukushima deserve more
A Manhattan-based Japanese artist Noritoshi Hirakawa is battling against rising odds to help some of the many children devastated by nuclear fallout from horrific Fukushima disaster of 2011. He fears...
View ArticleStop this madness now: UN on Rohingya crisis
“Stop this madness now,” the UN human rights chief demanded at a special session of the UN Human Rights Council today on atrocities committed against the minority Rohingya Muslim population in northern...
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