International News

March 14, 2019

Are the rules which have stopped nuclear war broken?

A warning from former Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov delivered at this week’s influential Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference in Washington DC. Former US senator and […]
March 14, 2019

Brexit: PM to bring third Brexit deal vote to Commons

Theresa May will make a third attempt to get her EU withdrawal deal through Parliament in the next week. She told MPs that if her deal […]
March 14, 2019

US rights report in conflict with reality, says Zabiullah Mujahid

The Afghan Taliban have rejected a report on human rights violation released by the US State Department, saying that it is ‘in conflict with reality’. In […]
March 13, 2019

California death penalty: Governor Gavin Newsom to halt executions

California Governor Gavin Newsom will announce a moratorium on executions and a temporary reprieve for all 737 inmates on death row in the state. US media […]
March 13, 2019

Brexit: EU warns risk of disorderly exit ‘has never been higher’

The risk of a “disorderly” Brexit has never been higher, the EU’s chief negotiator has said, following MPs’ second rejection of Theresa May’s deal. Michel Barnier […]
March 13, 2019

Saudi Arabia puts women’s rights activists on trial

A number of women’s rights activists have gone on trial in Saudi Arabia in a case that has raised questions about the kingdom’s human rights record. […]
March 13, 2019

UN report: DRC violence may amount to crimes against humanity

A new UN report was released Monday detailing violent ethnic attacks in December 2018 leading to hundreds of deaths and displacements in the Democratic Republic of […]
March 12, 2019

US House passes resolution condemning anti-Semitism

The US House of Representatives passed a resolution Thursday condemning anti-Semitism, along with select other forms of demonstrable hate against people based on their race, religion […]