Since World War II, the United States has repeatedly supported governments that have been committing mass atrocities, which are defined by genocide scholar Scott Straus as “large-scale, systematic violence against
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Gaza isn’t the first time US officials have downplayed atrocities by American-backed regimes – genocide scholars found similar strategies used from East Timor to Guatemala to Yemen
Since World War II, the United States has repeatedly supported governments that have been committing mass atrocities, which are defined by genocide scholar Scott Straus as “large-scale, systematic violence against
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Nato leaders agreed to ramp up defence spending to 5% of their countries’ economic output by 2035 at a summit in The Hague, Netherlands, on June 25. US president Donald
UK to recognise Palestinian statehood unless Israel agrees to ceasefire – here’s what that would mean
The UK will formally recognise the state of Palestine in September unless Israel acts to end the “appalling situation” in Gaza. After an emergency cabinet meeting, Downing Street released a
As Trump has pulled back from the highest tariffs, this chart shows the economic shock has eased
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Air-dropping food into Gaza is a ‘smokescreen’ – this is what must be done to prevent mass starvation
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New Pope Possesses Attributes That Could Expand Vatican's Diplomatic Influence in Global Geopolitics
The beginning of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate coincides with one of the most tense periods in international politics since the end of the Cold War. The current landscape is marked
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Nato leaders agreed to ramp up defence spending to 5% of their countries’ economic output by 2035 at a summit in The Hague, Netherlands, on June 25. US president Donald
The UK will formally recognise the state of Palestine in September unless Israel acts to end the “appalling situation” in Gaza. After an emergency cabinet meeting, Downing Street released a
It’s tariff season again, with the next deadline looming on Friday, August 1. Since the beginning of July, the United States has issued another flurry of tariff announcements, revising the
Israel partially lifted its aid blockade of Gaza this week in response to intensifying international pressure over the man-made famine in the devastated coastal strip. The United Arab Emirates and
New Pope Possesses Attributes That Could Expand Vatican’s Diplomatic Influence in Global Geopolitics
The beginning of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate coincides with one of the most tense periods in international politics since the end of the Cold War. The current landscape is marked
As Israel’s war on Gaza intensified in 2024, so too did the digital repression of Palestinian voices. A new report from Sada Social, a Palestinian digital rights organization, paints a
“President, activist, reference, and leader. We will miss you dearly, beloved old man.” This was how Uruguay’s President Yamandú Orsi announced to the world, moments ago on social media, the
India and Pakistan have seen the scenario play out before: a terror attack in which Indians are killed leads to a succession of escalatory tit-fot-tat measures that put South Asia
In Iran’s 2022–2023 “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising, women’s bodies quite literally became battlefields. The protest movement erupted after the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa (Jina) Amini, who was arrested
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