UNITED NATIONS (AP) — An unprecedented surge in gang violence is plaguing Haiti, with the number of victims killed, injured and kidnapped more than doubling last year, the U.N. special envoy for the conflict-wracked Caribbean nation said Thursday. In a grim briefing,
Alounkeo Kittikhoun, recently appointed as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ special envoy to Burma, arrived Wednesday in the conflict-ravaged nation run by military dictator Min Aung Hliang. Alounkeo, a seasoned Laotian diplomat, previously served as his nation’s Vice Minister for Foreign
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman voiced hope Friday that a coalition of countries formed to facilitate the return of Ukrainian children illegally deported by Russia will be able to come up with a faster mechanism to repatriate them. Over
Vladimir Putin was spotted grinning as he shook hands with representatives from Saudi Arabia and the UAE on Wednesday. Putin jetted off to the Middle East 24 hours after he refused to socialise with UK envoy Nigel Casey and other European colleagues
President Biden’s embattled former U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley has been catapulted into the spotlight again for his previous efforts to normalize relations with the U.S.-designated terrorist movement Hamas, which has massacred more than 1,200 Israelis, including at least 27
Iran summoned Australia’s envoy to the Mideast country to protest the latest round of sanctions imposed on Tehran over what Canberra decries as violations of human rights, Iranian state media reported on Thursday. The report said Australia’s chargé d’affaires was called in
The U.N. special envoy for Sudan who was declared unwelcome by the country’s military rulers announced his resignation Wednesday in a final speech to the U.N. Security Council. He warned that the conflict between Sudan’s two military leaders “could be morphing into
Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik has issued a stern ultimatum, vowing to arrest and forcibly remove a prominent international peace envoy tasked with overseeing peace efforts in Bosnia should they attempt to enter Serb-controlled territories. This latest pronouncement by Bosnian Serb President
The Vatican’s peace envoy is heading to Russia this week following the aborted mutiny of the Wagner Group mercenaries. Cardinal Matteo Zuppi is heading the mission, which will court Russian officials to find a path forward toward peace in Ukraine. “On the
U.N. special envoy for Libya Abdoulaye Bathily announced Monday plans to intensify negotiations with the country’s rival political factions. Bathily aims to address issues and conflicts that have delayed long-postponed elections in the country. Bathily has called current action taken “an important