The sharp hike in defense spending highlights lessons Pakistan has learned from recent conflicts with India and a growing focus on new warfare technologies, regardless of economic constraints imposed by the IMF.
The collapse of a Franco-German fighter jet project and a faltering joint battle tank program show how national industrial interests can outweigh common defense objectives.
Sharia-based inheritance laws continue to disadvantage millions of women across the Middle East. What could prompt real change for the next generation of girls?
Reacting to the opening of the trial of former president François Bozizé and three co-defendants before the Special Criminal Court (SCC) in the Central African Republic, Marceau Sivieude, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa said: “The fact that François Bozizé is on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity – including […]
When Germany and Poland signed the Treaty on Good Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation in June 1991, they chose partnership over enmity and became close NATO and EU allies. But it hasn’t all been plain sailing.
Criminal networks are moving faster, reaching further and blurring the lines between threats. Into this shifting landscape steps Monica Juma, taking on one of the UN’s most demanding security and justice portfolios.
Passengers look out of the back of a brightly-coloured shared pick-up style taxi, known locally in Haiti as a “tap tap” as it makes its way along the Boulevard du 15 Octobre in the east of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
Top UN officials called for bolstered efforts to stave off rising hunger and foster a path towards permanent peace in Yemen as they briefed the Security Council Tuesday morning.
Aquaculture now supplies most of the fish people eat, a landmark FAO report reveals, but rising temperatures and overfishing are putting the future of the industry at risk.
In Ebola-stricken Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), winning the race against the disease requires earning the community’s trust first and foremost, humanitarians said on Tuesday.
