18 May 2015 – The International Labour Organization (ILO) today warned of widespread insecurity in the global employment market, saying that some 75 per cent of all workers are employed on temporary or short-term contracts in informal jobs often without any contract, under own-account arrangement
Politics
17 May 2015 – Increasingly concerned about the plight of migrants and refugees stranded in the Andaman Sea and Straits of Malacca, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson have spoken separately to leaders in Southeast Asia reiterating the need to
South Korea and India agreed on Monday to step up defense cooperation while South Korea pledged $10 billion (6.4 billion pounds) in finance for infrastructure projects as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived for a visit.
KUALA LUMPUR
Mon May 18, 2015 7:00am EDT
ROME
Mon May 18, 2015 3:05am EDT
Pope Francis' hard-hitting criticisms of localization and inequality long ago set him out as a leader unafraid of mixing theology and politics. He is now flexing the Vatican's diplomatic muscles as well.
THE ANDAMAN SEA
Sun May 17, 2015 3:11am EDT
For several days, the fate of roughly 300 desperate Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants has been subject to a repetitive dance in waters just out of sight of gleaming Thai beach resorts.
VATICAN CITY
Sun May 17, 2015 7:44am EDT
Pope Francis named two Palestinian women as saints on Sunday, in a ceremony in Saint Peter's Square just days after the Vatican formalized its de facto recognition of the State of Palestine.
BUJUMBURA
Sun May 17, 2015 7:51am EDT
China's ties with the United States remain stable, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday, as he sought to defuse tension over a territorial dispute in the South China Sea that has raised fears of confrontation between them.
RIYADH
Sun May 17, 2015 8:14am EDT
The U.N. envoy to Yemen called on a Saudi-led military coalition and its adversaries to extend a humanitarian truce due to expire at 2000 GMT (4 p.m. ET) on Sunday to allow for the delivery of aid supplies.