Is the world really a better place these days?
Devastating conflicts, violence and persecution in places like Syria and South Sudan had left a record 65.6 million people uprooted from their homes by the end of 2016.
Will the Vatican finally excommunicate the mafia?
Pope Francis has long railed against corruption and the mafia, but now the Vatican is considering developing a whole doctrine around excommunicating corrupt and mafia-tinged Catholics.
Is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dead or alive?
Uncertainty and confusion surrounded the fate of the head of the Islamic State group Friday as Russia announced it may have killed him in an airstrike.
EU warns Israel against new settlement units
Earlier this week, an Israeli panel approved construction of approximately 1,800 new settlements in the West Bank.
EU chief threatens anti-refugee members states with sanctions
Eastern European countries including Hungary, Poland and Slovakia have flatly opposed an EU plan adopted in 2015.
Iranian leadership under attack
Gunmen and suicide bombers attacked Iran’s parliament and the shrine of its revolutionary leader, killing at least 12 people, wounding dozens and igniting an hours-long siege at the legislature/
Will the US pull out of the UNHRC too?
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said the US is "reviewing its participation" in the Human Rights Council over what said is the group's "chronic anti-Israel bias".
Arab nations cut diplomatic ties with Qatar
Doha has long faced accusations that it is a state sponsor of terror.
War-torn Yemen now struck by cholera outbreak
A suspected cholera outbreak is spreading quickly in war-ravaged Yemen, with an estimated 3,000 to 5,000 new cases every day.
UN chief calls for sustained climate action
The governor of the Bank of Portugal has called the measures that the European Commission has taken.
European Parliament adopts formal definition of anti-semitism
Most of the 28 European Union states are IHRA members, but so far, only Austria, Romania and the United Kingdom have formally adopted its definition.
EU extends sanctions against Assad regime
The decision is in line with the EU strategy on Syria, which states that the EU will maintain its restrictive measures against the Syrian regime and its supporters as long as the repression of civilians continues.
