Issues

Source: What’s in Blue Tomorrow (17 June), the Security Council is set to adopt a resolution proposed by the US reviewing the measures against individuals and entities affiliated with Al-Qaida. The resolution also modifies the […]

Source: What’s in Blue Tomorrow morning (17 June), the Security Council is scheduled to adopt a resolution making minor adjustments to the functioning of the 1988 Taliban sanctions regime. This adoption follows a review of […]

Source: United States Institute of Peace Watch or Listing online to: A Common Peace: Women from Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan Map the Way Forward  Every conflict is different, but they all have at least one thing […]

Source: FIDH Op-ed written by Karim Lahidji, FIDH President, at the occasion of Rouhani’s first anniversary as the president of the country. The diplomats are delighted. One year after Hassan Rouhani was elected president, relations […]

Source: New York Times By RACHEL NOLAN JUNE 16 Eliza Griswold wrote the June 15 cover story about U.S. Special Operations forces in Africa. She is the author of “The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches From the Fault […]

Source: New York Times By WILLIAM GRIMES JUNE 12, 2014 Papyrus fragments of Sappho poems are part of the “Marks of Genius” show at the Morgan. Credit Emon Hassan for The New York Times THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM […]

Source: The Guardian While Islamabad’s authority does not extend to the tribal areas, Taliban’s unofficial court in Waziristan rules on cases in Karachi Few places illustrate how Taliban-controlled enclaves in Pakistan have undermined the state’s authority better than […]

Source: RFERL By Karim Lahidji and Guissou Jahangiri June 13, 2014 Much noise was made about the unprecedented voter turnout for the first-round elections in Afghanistan on April 5, with almost 7 million people (60 percent of […]

With the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict taking place in London, Sanam Naraghi Anderlini says ministers should take the advice of women who are working at the frontlines to end all sexual violence.

Source: FIDH In a disgraceful move, Russia and China vetoed no less than accountability in Syria today at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) by rejecting an unprecedented resolution proposed by France and Lithuania referring […]