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Right-wing politics
fromTruthout
1 day ago

No Kings Must Mean No War: Foreign Policy Is Least Democratic Space in Politics

The majority of Iranian Americans oppose the war on Iran, despite media portrayal of pro-monarchy sentiments.
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 day ago

War crimes are no longer shameful. That should terrify you

Warring sides in the Middle East show contempt for civilian life, flouting international laws protecting civilians amid escalating conflict.
#sudan
fromJezebel
2 days ago
World news

Sexual Violence Has Become the 'Defining Feature' of the World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis

World news
fromJezebel
2 days ago

Sexual Violence Has Become the 'Defining Feature' of the World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis

Sudan's civil war has led to over 40,000 deaths and widespread sexual violence, becoming a defining feature of the humanitarian crisis.
#israel
France politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

The Guardian view on Israel's war in Lebanon: allies must not accept a repeat of the crimes in Gaza | Editorial

The Israeli war in Lebanon has resulted in significant casualties and displacement, with potential implications for Hezbollah's support and Israel's military strategy.
France politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

The Guardian view on Israel's war in Lebanon: allies must not accept a repeat of the crimes in Gaza | Editorial

The Israeli war in Lebanon has resulted in significant casualties and displacement, with potential implications for Hezbollah's support and Israel's military strategy.
#gaza
Healthcare
fromwww.aljazeera.com
5 days ago

We dug up medics in Gaza. A year later, international law remains buried

Israel has fostered a culture of impunity for attacks on healthcare workers, leading to severe consequences in Gaza and beyond.
Healthcare
fromwww.aljazeera.com
5 days ago

We dug up medics in Gaza. A year later, international law remains buried

Israel has fostered a culture of impunity for attacks on healthcare workers, leading to severe consequences in Gaza and beyond.
Berlin
fromwww.dw.com
5 days ago

Germany hosts Syria's Al-Sharaa despite human rights issues

Germany hosted Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa despite his controversial past and accusations of human rights violations.
World politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Is the US committing war crimes by targeting Iran's civilian infrastructure?

Attacks on Iranian civilian infrastructure by US officials may constitute serious war crimes under international law.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 days ago

First troops from UN-backed Gang Suppression Force arrive in Haiti

A new UN-backed Gang Suppression Force has arrived in Haiti to combat escalating gang violence with a 12-month mandate.
SF politics
from48 hills
1 week ago

The US war economy and the 'threat of peace' - 48 hills

Peace has historically been viewed as a threat to the military-industrial complex and economic stability.
Law
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

ICC to consider legal advice that criticises UN report on prosecutor Karim Khan

The ICC is reviewing a report challenging misconduct allegations against chief prosecutor Karim Khan, with potential implications for his position.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
5 days ago

Iran war: Indonesia calls on UN after peacekeeper deaths

Three Indonesian UN peacekeepers were killed in Lebanon, prompting Indonesia to call for an emergency UN Security Council meeting.
#international-law
World politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

The security council has allowed unchecked power and brutality. To protect peace, we must reform the UN | Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

International law violations lead to chaos, with the UN's inaction and the rise of armed conflicts threatening global security and humanitarian principles.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago
World politics

Why international law is still the world's best defence

The post-World War II international legal order faces erosion from ultranationalism, great-power rivalries, and norm violations, risking a return to force-based politics where power supersedes principle.
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago
World politics

UN rules ban use of force, yet could not stop the Iran war

Article 2(4) of the UN Charter prohibits countries from threatening or using force against another state's territory or political independence, serving as a cornerstone of modern international law to maintain peace through negotiation rather than armed conflict.
World politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

The security council has allowed unchecked power and brutality. To protect peace, we must reform the UN | Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

International law violations lead to chaos, with the UN's inaction and the rise of armed conflicts threatening global security and humanitarian principles.
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago

Why international law is still the world's best defence

The post-World War II international legal order faces erosion from ultranationalism, great-power rivalries, and norm violations, risking a return to force-based politics where power supersedes principle.
World politics
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

UN rules ban use of force, yet could not stop the Iran war

Article 2(4) of the UN Charter prohibits countries from threatening or using force against another state's territory or political independence, serving as a cornerstone of modern international law to maintain peace through negotiation rather than armed conflict.
World news
fromThe Nation
5 days ago

What Are Your Obligations When Your Country Is the Villain?

The U.S. executed a devastating missile strike on a school in Iran, killing many children and raising moral questions about its actions.
Philosophy
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

The Secret to Ending All Wars Is the Truth We Already Know

All major wisdom traditions independently teach the same core truth: love your neighbor as yourself, making this the fundamental target of human existence and the antidote to war.
Artificial intelligence
fromNature
3 weeks ago

Stop the use of AI in war until laws can be agreed

Frontier AI models are unreliable for warfare and lack legal frameworks; international rules must govern military AI use before deployment to prevent civilian harm.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 weeks ago

Chronicles of a Needless War

Israeli and US airstrikes damage Tehran's UNESCO World Heritage Golestan Palace, while DC's Epstein installation highlights accountability, and AI copyright protections remain legally unresolved.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Lebanon faces humanitarian catastrophe' under Israeli assault: UN

Lebanon faces a humanitarian catastrophe as over 1.2 million people are displaced due to Israeli bombardment and ground invasion.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
4 weeks ago

Opinion: The immorality of betting on war

Prediction markets allow betting on geopolitical events including military strikes and political upheavals, raising ethical concerns about profiting from advance knowledge of violence and human suffering.
World politics
fromTruthout
1 week ago

Pope Leo: Aerial Bombing Should Have Been Banned Forever After 20th Century Wars

Pope Leo XIV condemns aerial bombings, advocating for peace and dialogue instead of war, emphasizing the need to ban such practices permanently.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Attitudes Toward War Can Be Predicted by Psychologists

Psychological factors, including childhood maltreatment and social dominance orientation, significantly predict support for military conflict more than political ideology alone.
World politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Tuesday briefing: With the horror of conflict throughout the globe, how likely is world war three?

The world faces escalating conflicts, raising fears of a potential third world war amid geopolitical tensions and military actions.
EU data protection
fromInfoWorld
1 month ago

Sovereignty isn't a toggle feature

European cloud alternatives like Hetzner and Scaleway can deliver comparable performance and capabilities to AWS while significantly reducing costs, though they require greater operational responsibility and architectural commitment to sovereignty.
#humanitarian-crisis
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Jan Egeland: Millions displaced as Middle East conflicts deepen

Mass displacement from escalating conflicts in Iran, Lebanon, Gaza, and Sudan is overwhelming humanitarian aid systems beyond capacity while eroding international humanitarian law.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Jan Egeland: Millions displaced as Middle East conflicts deepen

Mass displacement from escalating conflicts in Iran, Lebanon, Gaza, and Sudan is overwhelming humanitarian aid systems beyond capacity while eroding international humanitarian law.
History
fromCornell Chronicle
1 month ago

Global Hubs researchers probe war, how to keep peace | Cornell Chronicle

Scholars collaborate internationally to reconceptualize war as societal conflict and develop interdisciplinary methods for understanding and preventing organized violence.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Spending even more on defence won't buy us peace | Letters

MoD procurement failures, waste, and lack of accountability must be fixed before substantially increasing defence spending.
World politics
fromTruthout
3 weeks ago

US Joins ICJ Case to Defend Israel From Allegations of Genocide

The Trump administration officially joined an International Court of Justice case to defend Israel against genocide allegations, affirming the accusations are false.
fromThe Nation
3 weeks ago

The "Rules-Based Order" Is Gone. Let's Not Bring It Back.

The very same European leaders and anointed members of the Blob expressing outrage about Greenland were largely silent or supportive as Trump bombed Iran and Nigeria, abducted Maduro, and continued to aid and abet Israel's genocide in Gaza.
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Will the Board of Peace live up to its name?

United States President Donald Trump launched the Board of Peace on Thursday, saying it's one of the most consequential bodies ever created in the history of the world. This is all part of the agreement to reach a ceasefire in Gaza after more than two years of Israel's genocidal war on Palestinians in the territory. Trump said the board will work in partnership with the United Nations to address crises far beyond Gaza.
US politics
World news
fromwww.bostonherald.com
1 month ago

UN chief condemns US-Israeli attacks on Iran during emergency Security Council meeting

UN Secretary-General condemns U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran and calls for immediate negotiations to prevent wider regional conflict and escalation.
#international-humanitarian-law
US politics
fromThe New Humanitarian
2 months ago

Inklings | US funding: Risks, power shifts, and a boatload of questions

The US plans to route $2 billion in humanitarian funding through UN pooled funds, potentially reshaping aid funding and empowering OCHA's humanitarian reset.
Women
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

What if choosing a woman as UN Secretary-General were key to the future of multilateralism?

Women have long held high-level UN roles yet continue to be excluded from consideration for UN Secretary-General; electing a woman could drive needed UN reforms.
World politics
fromThe Cipher Brief
3 weeks ago

The War's Next Phase: Five Indicators That Matter Most

Military operations against symmetric targets succeed historically, but asymmetric threats like Shahed drones require adaptive branch plans rather than predetermined sequels.
Germany news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Ending the war in Ukraine has more support than ever. So why is peace still not in sight? | Gwendolyn Sasse

Russia continues offensive pressure and opposes ending the war; Paris talks produced a vague declaration but no ceasefire or defined enforcement mechanism.
History
fromemptywheel
2 months ago

Voiding International Agreements Can Have Awkward Consequences - emptywheel

The United States purchased the Danish West Indies in 1917 for $25 million; Denmark obtained tacit U.S. assent to extend interests in Greenland.
#united-nations
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

U.S. leaves U.N. groups

On Wednesday night, the Trump administration announced plans to withdraw from 66 global agencies, including premier U.N. groups that focus on climate and health issues.
US politics
#us-military-interventions
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

How many countries has the US bombed since 2001, and how much has it cost?

Since 2001, the US has conducted three full-scale wars and bombed at least 10 countries across four presidencies, spending $5.8 trillion and causing approximately 940,000 direct deaths.
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

How many countries has the US bombed since 2001, and how much has it cost?

Since 2001, the US has conducted three full-scale wars and bombed at least 10 countries across four presidencies, spending $5.8 trillion and causing approximately 940,000 direct deaths.
#unrwa
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Will Trump's board of peace replace the UN? podcast

Donald Trump promised to bring peace to Gaza. And part of that promise was the creation of a board of peace. For months it was unclear who would be on it, but now we know: Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu, alongside billionaire businessmen and Tony Blair. Apart from how Putin and Netanyahu who have been accused of war crimes can bring peace, there are other questions.
US politics
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Peace as policy: Mediation is the core sense of modern diplomacy

Mediation is a strategic security tool essential to prevent escalation and global disruption; prioritize sustained, credible diplomatic engagement to normalize peace in 2026.
#us-withdrawal
fromEngadget
2 months ago
US politics

The US withdraws from dozens of international bodies, including climate-focused organizations

fromEngadget
2 months ago
US politics

The US withdraws from dozens of international bodies, including climate-focused organizations

fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Human rights outmuscled by rule of force' globally, UN chief warns

Guterres stressed that this assault is not coming from the shadows or by surprise. It is happening in plain sight and often led by those who hold the greatest power. He did not mention specific situations although he did voice outrage at Russia's war in Ukraine, where he said more than 15,000 civilians had been killed in four years of violence. It is more than past time to end the bloodshed, he said.
World politics
World news
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

What is the 'rules-based order' and can it survive?

The rules-based international order, built on post-World War II multilateral institutions and laws, faces erosion and contested legitimacy worldwide.
fromwww.eastbaytimes.com
2 months ago

US will exit dozens of international organizations as it further retreats from global cooperation

Most of the targets are U.N.-related agencies, commissions and advisory panels that focus on climate, labor and other issues that the Trump administration has categorized as catering to diversity and woke initiatives. The Trump Administration has found these institutions to be redundant in their scope, mismanaged, unnecessary, wasteful, poorly run, captured by the interests of actors advancing their own agendas contrary to our own, or a threat to our nation's sovereignty, freedoms, and general prosperity, the State Department said in a statement.
US politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Can the UN Security Council be reformed?

The UN secretary-general says the absence of African seats is indefensible'. African nations must have permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council, the head of the world body has told the African Union. Latin American countries and most of those in Asia do not have a permanent presence either, despite their huge populations. Can the UN be reformed? Presenter: Rishaad Salamat Guests: Olukayode Bakare visiting scholar in international relations and African politics at the University of Colorado Denver Mukesh Kapila former UN humanitarian coordinator
World news
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
2 months ago

US claims vital UN human rights policy is too 'woke' to pass

"This text reads as nothing more than a globalist wish list of divisive cultural causes including climate, sexual and reproductive health, gender, and the perverse donor-recipient industrial complex," he continued. "It is completely at odds with the Trump Administration's bold and pragmatic foreign policy."
US politics
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

How NGOs Took Over Government

Government reliance on nonprofits for public services creates risks, weak accountability, and uneven performance, enabling waste and fraud.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

United Nations presses for answers on US funding commitments

UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Monday that while the US ambassador, Mike Waltz, said last week that payments would begin within weeks, no further details had been offered. list of 3 itemsend of list We've seen the statements, and frankly, the secretary-general has been in touch for quite some time on this issue with Ambassador Waltz, Dujarric said during a news briefing.
World news
fromThe Cipher Brief
2 months ago

Loosening the Gordian Knot of Global Terrorism: Why Legitimacy Must Anchor a Counterterrorism Strategy

OPINION - The global terrorism landscape in 2026 - the 25 th anniversary year of the 9/11 terrorism attacks - is more uncertain, hybridized, and combustible than at any point since 9/11. Framing a sound U.S. counterterrorism strategy - especially in the second year of a Trump administration - will require more than isolated strikes against ISIS in Nigeria, punitive counterterrorism operations in Syria, or a tougher rhetorical posture.
US politics
fromNature
1 month ago

How to rescue the aid industry: focus on conflict prevention, not just relief

In 2025, the administration of US President Donald Trump ordered the US Agency for International Development to be closed; this year, it withdrew the country from 66 international organizations. Other Western nations that are plagued with high levels of debt and pressure to prioritize domestic challenges have slashed their foreign aid, too. According to projections, official development assistance dropped by 9-17% in 2025, amounting to some US$55 billion.
World news
World politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The risk of nuclear war is rising again. We need a new movement for global peace | David Cortright

The global nuclear-weapon risk is rising and requires a renewed worldwide peace movement to prevent catastrophic escalation.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

US has 'legal obligation' to pay dues, UN tells Trump DW 01/09/2026

The United States must pay mandatory assessed UN dues despite withdrawing from dozens of UN-affiliated and other international bodies.
World politics
fromThe Nation
2 months ago

There Is No "After Gaza"

Palestinian resistance exposed Western imperial narratives, provoking violent backlash, Islamophobic rhetoric, and calls for indiscriminate assault against Gaza's civilian population.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

UN chief's last annual speech slams world leaders for lack of cooperation

Major funding cuts and geopolitical divides threaten international cooperation and multilateralism, forcing the UN to adapt or risk collapse.
World politics
fromThe Nation
1 month ago

Speaking Out on the Insanity of Nuclear Weapons

Eliminating or nearly eliminating nuclear weapons is urgently necessary and current government leaders must act promptly to prevent a renewed nuclear arms race.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

UN rights chief warns his office is in survival mode' over funding crisis

The UN human rights office appealed for $400m after budget cuts forced reductions in operations across 17 countries, leaving the office in survival mode.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Why is the US quitting international organisations?

There are more signs that the United States is disengaging from the global order established after World War II. President Donald Trump has ordered his administration to pull out of more than 60 agencies, half of them part of the United Nations. Trump argues that being a member of these organisations is contrary to his country's interests. The secretary of state went as far as saying they're useless or wasteful.
World news
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

NGOs sound the alarm as families flee camp holding suspected IS fighters

Most foreign families of suspected Islamic State fighters have left al-Hawl camp after Syrian government control, creating security and humanitarian uncertainty about their locations.
World news
fromPrx
2 months ago

The World

EU leaders react cautiously to US actions; Iran cuts internet amid protests; push to return US oil firms to Venezuela; twin gorillas born in DRC.
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