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Covid-19 has intensified the rivalry between the US and China – but it has also strengthened international co-operation. Will nations be more united or divided, more – or less – free?Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe globa…
Read MoreIndependence movement lodges documents in high court arguing $45bn fund invests in illegally mined fertiliserThe Western Sahara liberation movement has taken New Zealand’s superannuation fund to the country’s highest court over its investments in farms…
Read MoreBeijing’s draconian measures to contain outbreak have delayed global transmissionThe World Health Organization is having to perform a diplomatic balancing act over the new coronavirus outbreak, caught between China – whose draconian measures to contain…
Read MoreTop diplomats disagreed over the global relevance of the west at the Munich security conferenceThe chosen theme of the Munich security conference – once a party for Nato and now a Davos for the world’s diplomats – was “westlessness”. The organisers wan…
Read MoreThe World Health Organization should not exclude Taiwan from efforts to tackle the outbreak, writes David YL Lin of the Taipei Representative Office. David E Hanke says an anthropomorphic explanation of viruses can be dangerous. And Robert East warns a…
Read MoreMomentous pronouncement follows Hague hearing at which Aung San Suu Kyi gave evidenceThe United Nations’ highest tribunal is to deliver its decision on whether emergency measures are required to prevent Myanmar conducting genocide against its Rohingya …
Read MoreExperts say judgment is ‘tipping point’ that opens the door to climate crisis claims for protection It is unlawful for governments to return people to countries where their lives might be threatened by the climate crisis, a landmark ruling by the Unite…
Read MoreGeneral assembly’s vote in favour of resolution also calls on Myanmar to urgently combat incitement of hatredThe United Nations general assembly has approved a resolution condemning human rights abuses against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims and other minor…
Read MorePractice of nuad Thai, which has gained global recognition, is added to Unesco’s ‘intangible cultural heritage’ listThe body-folding, sharp-elbowed techniques of Thai massage have been added to Unesco’s prestigious heritage list.Originating in India an…
Read MoreCriticism of Aung San Suu Kyi’s defence of her country must not overshadow the issue at the heart of the case at the international court of justice: the ongoing suffering of Rohingya MuslimsAung San Suu Kyi’s decision to personally defend Myanmar in th…
Read MoreMyanmar leader tells court in The Hague that civilian deaths were not genocide, but part of a civil warShe might have been saving her best defence for the highest stage of all. But the arguments advanced by Aung San Suu Kyi at The Hague to allegations …
Read MoreHumanitarian agencies say Rohingya people displaced by violence in Rakhine state are forced to live in squalid conditionsThe UK has broken ranks with the UN and will keep funding “closed” Rohingya camps inside Myanmar despite fears that doing so may en…
Read MoreForeign Office responds after leaked China cables appear to confirm brainwashing centresThe UK has urged China to give United Nations observers “immediate and unfettered access” to detention camps in Xinjiang, where more than a million people from the …
Read MoreVoters choose a new president this weekend on the Indian Ocean island. If they opt for the Rajapaksa family it augurs badlyThere are worse things than disappointment, as Sri Lankans may find out when they go to the polls on Saturday. The 2015 president…
Read MoreVoters choose a new president this weekend on the Indian Ocean island. If they opt for the Rajapaksa family it augurs badlyThere are worse things than disappointment, as Sri Lankans may find out when they go to the polls on Saturday. The 2015 president…
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