United Nations – Page 7 – Asia Times

More than two-thirds of those languishing in jails have yet to be proved guilty, or otherwise, by the rule of law.

India, South Asia

India may soon have a law to deal with ‘miscarriage of justice’

by Saurav Datta September 18, 2018February 18, 2020

From left: Clive Lee, chief executive of the Yidan Prize Foundation; Dr Koichiro Matsuura; Kevin Yeung Yun-hung, Hong Kong secretary for education; Charles Chen Yidan; Andreas Schleicher; and Dorothy Gordon. Photo: Yidan Prize Foundation

China, Hong Kong, Middle East, World

Yidan Prizes announced for supporters of education sector

by Jeff Pao September 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Firefighters and onlookers gather in front of the headquarters of Libya's National Oil Company in the capital Tripoli on September 10, after amed men stormed the building. Photo: AFP

Uncategorized

Gunmen kill 2, wound 10 in attack on Libya’s state oil firm

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 11, 2018February 18, 2020

The plight of the Muslim Uighurs in China has triggered a heated debate. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, World

‘Hit China with sanctions’ to end human rights abuse in Xinjiang

by Gordon Watts September 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Palestinian schoolchildren chant slogans and raise the victory gesture over a UN flag during a protest at a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) school, financed by US aid, in the Arroub refugee camp near Hebron in the occupied West Bank on September 5, 2018.
Photo: AFP / Hazem Bader

European Union, Germany, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, New Zealand, Oceania, Russia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

US pulling funds on UNRWA is an assault on refugees

by Gordon Brown September 10, 2018

Myanmar's business community is frustrated at the inaction of State Counsellor and de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi's government. Photo: AFP/Ye Aung Thu

AT Finance, China, European Union, Myanmar, Russia, World

The ongoing disintegration of Aung San Suu Kyi’s image

by Andrew Fagan September 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Protesting Indian farmers at a rally in Mumbai sustain themselves on meager Indian breads and pickles on March 13, 2018. Photo: Priyamvada Kowshik / Instagram

Egypt, India, Middle East, South Asia, World

Hunger: The constant sound inside the heads of the poor

by Vijay Prashad September 6, 2018

Detained Australian filmmaker James Ricketson speaks to journalists from a prison vehicle on his arrival at Phnom Penh court during his trial on August 16, 2018. Photo: AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy

AT Finance, Australia, Cambodia, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Vietnam

Cambodia’s democracy and James Ricketson’s fate a fait accompli

by Sawathey Ek September 4, 2018September 4, 2018

Uyghur people are seen at a sunday market in Hotan City in southern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Photo: Wikipedia Commons.

Beijing, China, United Kingdom, World

Beijing’s dispute against UN panel on Xinjiang may ring hollow

by Gary Sands September 4, 2018

A truck lies submerged by floodwater in Myanmar's Bago region on August 30. Many thousands of people have been stranded after monsoonal rain left the region inundated. Seasonal rain has been getting heavier as weather gets more extreme with global warming, experts say. Photo: AFP / Ye Aung Thu

AT Finance, Australia, India, Japan, Mexico, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, Thailand, World

Extreme weather? You better get used to it, top UN official says

by Jim Pollard September 3, 2018February 18, 2020

A Russian Navy vessel fires Kalibr cruise missiles at ISIS targets in Syria from the Mediterranean Sea. Photo: Russian Federation Ministry of Defense

Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Russia to hold ‘large-scale’ drills in Mediterranean

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse August 31, 2018February 18, 2020

Buses depart as civilians are evacuated from the Shiite villages of Fuaa and Kafraya in Syria's northwestern Idlib province after a deal was reached last month between Iran and Syrian opposition groups. Photo: AFP/ Ahmed Rahhal / Anadolu Agency

Afghanistan, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

In Syria’s Idlib, a battle without Iran or chemicals

by Manhal Bareesh August 30, 2018February 18, 2020

The United Nations has cited harrowing reports about Uighur detention centers in China. Photo: Twitter bit.ly/2PBPq1d

Beijing, China, World

China’s Communist Party launches crackdown on religious beliefs

by Gordon Watts August 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen delivering a speech during an event attended by garment workers in Kampong Chhnang province. Photo: AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy

AT Finance, Australia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Oceania

UN demonstrates double standard on Cambodia vs Myanmar

by Sawathey Ek August 29, 2018

A pro-Taiwan rally outside the UN headquarters in New York. Photo: AFP

Beijing, China, European Union, Israel, Middle East, Taiwan, World

Taiwan tells allies not to push for island’s UN membership

by Asia Times staff August 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen delivering a speech during an event attended by garment workers in Kampong Chhnang province. Photo: AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy

AT Finance, Australia, Cambodia, Oceania, Singapore, Vietnam, World

World must hold Hun Sen accountable under 1991 Peace Accords

by Sawathey Ek August 23, 2018

Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan (L) and Myanmar State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi (R) arrive at the National Reconciliation and Peace Centre in Yangon on September 5, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD

AT Finance, Iraq, Middle East, Myanmar, Syria, World

A man for all diplomatic seasons

by Gordon Brown August 22, 2018August 22, 2018

Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan (L) and Myanmar State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi (R) arrive at the National Reconciliation and Peace Centre in Yangon on September 5, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD

AT Finance, European Union, Iraq, Middle East, Myanmar, Russia, Syria, World

World mourns the loss of a UN giant, Kofi Annan

by Dave Makichuk August 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Smoke rises after Taliban militants launched an attack on the provincial capital of Ghazni on August 10, 2018. Photo: AFP/Zakeria Hashimi

Afghanistan, Middle East, South Asia

Taliban attack in Ghazni complicates peace talks

by Ruchi Kumar and Ajmal Omari August 16, 2018February 18, 2020

David Beasley, head of the World Food Programme visits a WFP-supported children’s nursery in Komchon Ri village in North Korea on May 9, 2018. Photo: WFP/Silke Buhr

AT Finance, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea, World

Security Council backs US plan for humanitarian aid in North Korea

by Andrew Salmon August 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Peace activists in Afghanistan wrote a letter to the citizens of Pakistan and signed it in blood. Photo:Facebook

Afghanistan, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Blood, sweat and tears as activists protest against Taliban

by Ruchi Kumar July 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Mixed USA and India flag, three dimensional render, illustration: iStock

AT Finance, Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Indian diplomacy and the American Imperium (Part I)

by Dr Shreesh Pathak July 24, 2018July 25, 2018

Map of Pakistan. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, India, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia

Terror watchdog warning threatens Pakistan with sanctions

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid July 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Combination photo of Chinese President Xi Jinping (L), US President Donald Trump (C), and Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. Image: Facebook

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

As Trump turns away, China gains in Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner July 4, 2018February 18, 2020

A policeman hurls a tear gas canister toward demonstrators in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, on May 12, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Danish Ismail

AT Finance, China, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia

India’s response to UN’s Kashmir report is distasteful, erroneous

by Angshuman Choudhury June 21, 2018

US President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12, 2018. Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

US-North Korea summit was a victory for humanity

by Zamir Awan June 18, 2018

A Myanmar police officer looks at a notice displayed on a fence at a Muslim household during a census taking at the village of Theechaung on the outskirts of Sittwe in the western Myanmar state of Rakhine, April 1, 2014. Photo: AFP/ Soe Than Win

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Myanmar scrambles to avoid its day in court

by David Scott Mathieson June 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Pristina, Serbia - February 2, 2007: United Nations flag. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace. Photo: iStock

China, France, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

To veto, or not to veto, that is the question

by Hakimi Abdul Jabar June 8, 2018June 8, 2018

US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Photo: Flickr

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Beyond golden shower diplomacy: preserving a positive legacy

by Alfred McCoy May 27, 2018

Sri Lanka's War Memorial at Kilinochchi, April 2018. Photo: David Scott Mathieson

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, European Union, India, Israel, Laos, Middle East, Myanmar, Russia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Myanmar is on a Sri Lankan path to impunity

by David Scott Mathieson May 21, 2018February 18, 2020

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