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Investigators warn in a report that ‘frequency and brutality’ of atrocities in the country are continuing to escalateChildren as young as two years old have been detained by Myanmar’s military, often as proxies for their parents, and held in prison fac…
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 series of global spills, as plastic treaty talks continue in GenevaWhen a Liberian-flagged container ship, the MSC Elsa 3, capsized and sank 13 …
Alex Watson writes that moralising over Putin and Netanyahu is nothing without enforceable law, while Ravishankar Kalyanasundaram says the ‘rules-based international order’ was curated by the westIn his opinion piece (From Gaza to Ukraine, peace always…
Both sides launch fresh attacks but Thai and Cambodian leaders said to be meeting in Malaysia on Monday for talksThai and Cambodian leaders will meet in Malaysia on Monday for talks to end hostilities, a spokesperson for the Thai prime minister’s offic…
The long-simmering border conflict has erupted again with each side accusing the other of breaching Trump-brokered dealA long-running border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia has erupted in fierce clashes for the second time this year, despite a pe…
Leaders of UAE, Qatar and Oman criticise attack and urge de-escalation as EU and UN call for immediate diplomacyMiddle East crisis – latest updatesCountries in the Middle East and beyond responded with alarm after US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites as…
Unctad says many countries targeted with high tariff rates are unlikely to be a threat to USBusiness live – latest updatesThe UN’s trade and development arm, Unctad, is calling on Donald Trump to exempt the world’s poorest and smallest countries from “…
Report by Environmental Justice Foundation has found evidence that at least 12 Chinese fishing vessels had employed North Korean crew between 2019 and 2024Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastChinese fishing fleets are allegedly u…
The junta’s brutality has failed to secure victory in the civil war, but is devastating the countryMyanmar’s coup must have looked like an easy win to the generals, given their long record of crushing dissent. Their grudging experiment with limited dem…
Diplomatic and military ties with Moscow making Pyongyang ‘more capable of waging war’, official saysNorth Korea is benefiting from its troops fighting alongside Russia against Ukraine, gaining experience that makes Pyongyang “more capable of waging wa…
Rice wine enshrined as part of ‘cultural heritage of humanity’ Sake is perhaps more Japanese than the world-famous sushi. It’s brewed in centuries-old mountaintop warehouses, savoured in the country’s pub-like izakayas, poured during weddings and serve…
Exclusive: a UN report will accuse the military of imposing ‘collective punishment’ on Rakhine state, more than three years after seizing power in a coupTwo million people in Myanmar’s Rakhine state could face starvation within months because fierce co…
Pyongyang’s envoy to the United Nations says buildup is to counter threat from ‘hostile nuclear weapons states’North Korea’s UN envoy has said Pyongyang will accelerate a buildup of its nuclear weapons programme just days after it test-fired an interco…
Non-proliferation groups call on government not to oppose creation of a study into effects of nuclear conflictNon-proliferation groups are urging the UK government to make a late about-turn on plans to vote alongside France, Russia and North Korea agai…
Activists hope a change in international law could help to address the intensifying erosion of women and girls’ rights in AfghanistanRead more: Afghan exiles on the Taliban’s gender apartheidOver the past three years, the world has watched in horror as…