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These charts show how Trump is isolating the US on the world stage
Analysis shows that the world is moving closer to China, as Trump’s isolationism rears its head at the United …
- China, European Union, Hong Kong, Jimmy Lai, Keir Starmer, Press freedom, UK news, United Nations, World news, Xi Jinping, Yvette Cooper
UK, UN and EU deplore ‘monumental injustice’ of Jimmy Lai’s 20-year jail sentence
Son says Hong Kong media figure, 78, fears dying alone while legal team say Lai is now world’s highest profile…
- Africa, Bangladesh, Human rights, International court of justice, Law, Myanmar, Refugees, South and Central Asia, The Gambia, United Nations, World news
‘Big step forward’: Myanmar military faces Rohingya genocide case at UN court
Survivors of violence hope proceedings will bring justice a step closer and set a precedent for future genocid…
- Afghanistan, Photography, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Taliban, United Nations, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Afghan women in the UK: amplifying their voice – a photo essay
Over four years have passed since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan. Claudia Janke’s photographic s…
- Americas, China, Trump administration, United Nations, US foreign policy, US news, US politics, Venezuela, World news
US foes and allies denounce Trump’s ‘crime of aggression’ in Venezuela at UN meeting
US ambassador defends attack as ‘law enforcement’ action against an ‘illegitimate’ leader, not an act of warTh…
- Aid, China, Egypt, Gaza, Global development, Israel, Middle East and North Africa, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, United Nations, World news
Tents supplied to displaced Palestinians ‘inadequate for Gaza winter’
Thousands have blown down in storms and tents from China, Egypt and Saudi Arabia found to be not waterproofTho…
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UN to hear human rights complaint over New Zealand’s treatment of Māori
UN committee to consider claim by prominent Māori leader Tureiti Moxon that alleges government policies have h…
- Global development, Global health, Health, India, Infant and child mortality, Kashmir, Maternal health, Maternal mortality, Mongolia, Pastoralism, Society, South and Central Asia, United Nations, Women, World Health Organization, World news
Born in the forest: the women giving birth alone in the Kashmiri mountains
Far from hospitals, nomadic Gujjar women routinely go into labour – and die – on their herder communities’ lon…
- Asia Pacific, Global development, Myanmar, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Thailand, United Nations, USAid, World news
Thailand to let Myanmar refugees work to counter aid cuts and labour shortages
The move, welcomed by UN, will allow thousands of people living in camps to support themselves and their famil…
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Iran may release hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees into Iraq and Turkey
Tehran considers move as part of multi-pronged offensive after bombing of nuclear sites and restoration of san…
- Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, International law, Israel, Israel-Gaza war, Law, Malaysia, Middle East and North Africa, Palestinian territories, South Africa, United Nations, World news
World must deny Israel ‘tools of genocide’, says growing alliance of activist states
New York meeting of Hague Group warns of shared responsibility to prevent genocide and proposes steps to isola…
- Americas, António Guterres, Asia Pacific, Benjamin Netanyahu, Columbia University, Donald Trump, Economic policy, Europe, Gaza, Israel, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Middle East and North Africa, Pedro Sánchez, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Russia, Spain, Trump administration, Ukraine, United Nations, US foreign policy, US news, US politics, Vladimir Putin, World news, Xi Jinping
Trump’s UN speech makes it clear: the world can no longer look to the US for strong leadership
US president’s speech made a mockery of UN values and highlights the need for strong anti-Trumpian alliancesSu…
- Asia Pacific, Defence policy, Japan, Nuclear weapons, Politics, Second world war, UK news, United Nations
Don’t believe the hype about nuclear weapons | Letters
We must continue to challenge claims that nuclear weapons are a ‘necessity’, says Caroline Lucas, while Gerry …
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Myanmar army detaining two-year-olds as proxies for parents, witnesses tell UN
Investigators warn in a report that ‘frequency and brutality’ of atrocities in the country are continuing to e…
- Animals, Coastlines, Environment, Fishing, India, International law, Law, Marine life, Plastics, Pollution, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, United Nations, Water, Wildlife, World news
Buoyant, the size of a lentil and almost impossible to recover: how nurdles are polluting the oceans
Millions of the tiny plastic pellets are being washed up on the coast of Kerala in India in the latest in a se…