投稿者: Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
Programme spent £2.7bn between 2016 and 2021 but is fragmented and lacks a clear rationale, report saysBritain’s aid programme to India is fragmented, lacks a clear rationale and does little to counter the negative trends in human rights and democracy …
Embassies to reopen in move that could have wide implications for Iran nuclear deal and Yemen warIran and Saudi Arabia, the two great oil-producing rivals of the Middle East, have agreed to restore ties and reopen embassies seven years after relations …
Beijing propaganda includes messaging aligned with Moscow on Ukraine war, says James RubinRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesThe west has been slow to respond to China spending billions globally to spread poisonous disinformation, including messag…
US secretary of state warns peace plan proposed by China draws ‘false equivalence’ by calling on both sides to stop fightingThe US has launched a fresh bid to win over abstaining and neutral states by urging them not to be fooled by Russian calls for a…
Chinese diplomat accuses west of ‘adding fuel to fire’ as Annalena Baerbock calls on China to interveneRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesThe German foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, clashed with Chinese diplomats on Thursday, passionately rejecting …
US president pledges $500m in help for Ukraine while west prepares next phase of sanctions against RussiaRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesJoe Biden has promised further military aid for Ukraine worth $500m (£415m) during his surprise visit to Ky…
Trip to examine country’s rights record derailed as meetings with government officials also cancelledA high-profile trip by two senior UK parliamentarians to Kazakhstan to examine its human rights record has almost immediately run into trouble as they …
Standoff between UN and Taliban may lead loss of billions in humanitarian aid for AfghanistanThe UN’s lead humanitarian coordinator has said UN-supplied aid cannot continue if the Taliban do not lift their ban on women working for humanitarian aid ag…
UN aid programmes in Afghanistan under threat after decision to bar women from agencies and charities, foreign ministers warnMajor world powers have called on the Taliban to urgently reverse a “reckless and dangerous” decision to ban women from working…
Security council’s rare display of unity adds pressure after most aid groups in Afghanistan suspend servicesFaint hopes exist that the Taliban may relax its ban on all women working for the non-governmental aid agencies in Afghanistan after the UN secu…
Consular staff wanted for questioning by police over beating up of activists recalled to BeijingChina’s consul general in Manchester and five other diplomats have returned home and will escape questioning by police for their role in the beating up of a…
Chinese leader will see widespread demonstrations against zero-Covid policy as threat to CCP’s authorityJust five weeks after being elected to a historic third term, President Xi Jinping suddenly faces cracks in the facade of unchallenged authority tha…
Government watchdog says £3.5bn aid in 20 years to 2020 failed to achieve aim of stabilising Afghan governmentThe UK’s £3.5bn aid to Afghanistan between 2000 and 2020 was implicated in corruption and human rights abuses and failed to achieve its primar…
Country firing close to South Korean waters in response to Washington-Seoul drills, as it also sells missiles to Russia In an overcrowded diplomatic nuclear space, the last thing the west needed to hear was that North Korea was back in business. It fir…
Commission to focus on detention of journalist and political leader Zhanbolat Mamai after nationwide protestsThe state of human rights in the vast, mineral-rich central Asian Republic of Kazakhstan, including the continued detention of opposition leade…