The crisis in the Middle East continues to intensify, with strikes and counter-strikes reported across the region and the humanitarian toll rising. UN agencies warn that health systems are under growing strain, children are increasingly affected by violence and displacement, and hundreds of thousands of people have been forced from their homes. Despite mounting logistical […]
Haiti remains mired in a multidimensional crisis marked by weak institutions, political uncertainty, widespread gang violence and overwhelming humanitarian needs, but a recent new agreement by political groups offers “a moment of hope and progress for the Haitian people”, according to the UN’s most senior official in the Caribbean country.
The Sawyers from Australia were never really interested in volatile investing. As their retirement age approached, the idea of a low-risk investment for their pension seemed attractive. But one day, after clicking on a seemingly legitimate online advert that offered a reasonable risk-averse plan, they unlocked a process that would lead them to lose over […]
Doubling down on fossil fuels in response to the spikes in oil and gas prices unleashed by the Iran war would be “completely delusional”, the UN climate chief is expected to warn on Monday, in one of his strongest attacks yet on planet-heating fossil fuels. Addressing political and business leaders in Brussels, Simon Stiell will […]
Responding to the killing on 15 March of a Palestinian couple, Waed Bani Owda, her husband Ali Bani Owda and two of their young children Othman, 7, and Mohammed, 5, in Tammoun in the occupied West Bank after a special Israeli military unit – posing as Palestinians and driving a car with a Palestinian number plate – riddled their car with bullets, Heba Morayef, Regional Director for the […]
In-depth investigation finds US violated international humanitarian law by failing to take all feasible precautions to avoid civilian harm US responsible for deadly attack on school packed full of children killing 168 people US authorities must ensure that the investigation is transparent, thorough, and that the results are made public. Those responsible for planning and […]
As Trump dials up pressure on Europe to guard the Strait of Hormuz, Russia is taking advantage of the rise in energy prices to the detriment of Ukraine and its allies in Europe.
A renowned lawyer who has become India’s first openly queer member of parliament, Menaka Guruswamy from West Bengal has said she will stand for "equality, fraternity and non-discrimination."
Could African oil-producing countries such as Nigeria and Angola increase production in the short term and thus ease global shortages caused by the war in the Middle East? Experts explain what that might look like.
Critics see the law as allowing authorities in Beijing more room to frame ethnic groups’ demands for cultural autonomy as a push towards "separatism."
