The United Nations special envoy for Syria said Wednesday he intends to bring the government and foreign-backed armed opposition back to Geneva for a fifth round of talks on March 23 to pursue agreement on a transition to end the six-year war. Staffan de Mistura told reporters after briefing the ...
The UN human rights chief took aim at US President Donald Trump Wednesday, saying the country needed better leadership to meet grave challenges like surging xenophobia and religious discrimination. “I am concerned by the new administration’s handling of a number of human rights issues,” Zeid bin Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein told ...