Diplomacy Archive

United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Wednesday that the body had reports of Daesh executing people perceived as cooperating with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in eastern Syria’s Deir el-Zour province. Speaking to a news conference in Geneva,

Killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul has been a test for many countries, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a press conference at the G20 summit Saturday. “We have evidence that Saudi journalist Khashoggi was killed in 7.5 minutes,

A new study released by the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has revealed that, the deteriorating crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR), five years into the latest civil conflict to hit the country, has left practically every child needing protection from

Ukrainian officials on Friday barred Russian males between the ages of 16 and 60 from traveling to the country in the latest escalation of tensions between the neighbors. The long-simmering conflict bubbled over Sunday when Russian border guards rammed into and

Canada announced targeted sanctions Thursday against 17 Saudi nationals it said were linked to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last month. The sanctions, which freezes their assets and bars their travel to Canada, “target individuals who are, in

Turkey is very close to fulfilling all of the 72 benchmarks for visa-free travel for Turkish citizens, the European Commission said Wednesday. Stating that Turkey had met nearly all of requirements set by the EU for visa liberalization, except for seven,

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree on Monday to introduce martial law for 60 days, a statement on his website said, though it needs parliamentary approval to come into force. The decision came a day after Russia fired at and

NATO head Jens Stoltenberg called on Russian on Monday to release Ukrainian navy ships and sailors, saying there was no justification for Moscow’s actions. “What we saw yesterday was very serious,” Stoltenberg told a news conference after an emergency meeting of