Asia Pacific | FOCUS May 16, 2020

Caught in Trump-China feud, WHO leader under siege

The internal debate over the WHO’s messaging around China provides a window into the challenges facing the 72-year-old U.N. organization and its leader.

Asia Pacific / Politics Jan 22, 2020

North Korea may seek 'new path' after U.S. fails to meet nuclear talks deadline

North Korea said on Tuesday the United States had ignored a deadline for nuclear talks and it no longer felt bound by its commitments, which included a halt to nuclear testing and inter-continental ballistic missile tests, and may "seek a new path." North Korean leader ...

Asia Pacific Jan 30, 2018

60,000 North Korean children may starve as sanctions slow aid, UNICEF warns

An estimated 60,000 children face potential starvation in North Korea, where international sanctions are exacerbating the situation by slowing aid deliveries, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday. World powers have imposed growing sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear and ballistic missile ...

Asia Pacific Sep 5, 2017

China seeks to silence critics at U.N. forums, rights body says

Beijing is waging a campaign of harassment against Chinese activists who seek to testify at the United Nations about repression, while the world body sometimes turns a blind eye or is even complicit, Human Rights Watch said. In a report released on Tuesday, the group ...

Asia Pacific Aug 29, 2014

West Africa Ebola outbreak could infect 20,000 people: WHO

The Ebola epidemic in West Africa could infect more than 20,000 people, the U.N. health agency said Thursday, warning that an international effort costing almost half a billion dollars is needed to overcome the outbreak. As the World Health Organization announced its strategic plan for ...

World Aug 20, 2014

Missouri racial violence recalls apartheid, U.N. rights chief says

Clashes between police and protesters in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson are reminiscent of the racial violence spawned by apartheid in her native South Africa, the top U.N. human rights official said in an interview Tuesday. Navi Pillay, who is due to step down ...