Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ March 3 The Washington Post on Guantanamo Bay Since President George W. Bush opened the facility in 2002, at the height of the “ ...

More than a decade had passed since Ahmed al-Sharaa squeezed into the narrow lift that went up to his parents’ 10th-floor ...

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GENEVA, March 6 (Reuters) - Switzerland has cancelled a conference on the application of the Geneva Conventions to the occupied Palestinian territories for want of participants, its Foreign ...

Switzerland on Thursday canceled a conference on the application of the Geneva Conventions to the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, for want of participants, in what Israel’s Foreign Ministry ...

Switzerland says it has decided to cancel a planned meeting of diplomats to discuss the protection of civilians in Palestinian territories, citing “profound differences” among countries.

Switzerland was convening the meeting in its role as home to the Geneva Conventions that aim to protect civilians during armed conflict. Plans for the meeting were announced in the autumn and ...

The 1951 Refugee Convention, supplemented by its 1967 Protocol, help protect them. They are the cornerstone of refugee protection and the key legal documents that form the basis of UNHCR’s work. The ...

By Carlene Bauer Our critic on Deanna Raybourn’s “Kills Well With Others” and three more new books. By Sarah Weinman In “Air-Borne,” his detailed and gripping account of aerobiology ...