UK MPs and political strategists conspire to get new Prime Minister in before election
Over dishes of ravioli and sliced calves liver, washed down by bottles of southern Italian red, Rishi Sunak’s political enemies plotted their next moves against…
Palestinians strike, protest in occupied West Bank in support of Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Shops, schools and government offices have been shut across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem as Palestinians stage a general strike in protest against…
Pro-EU Donald Tusk set to become prime minister of Poland | Elections News
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki loses key vote in parliament, clearing the way for Donald Tusk to become new PM. Donald Tusk is expected to become…
UK’s David Cameron scolds Scottish leader Humza Yousaf over Erdogan meeting | Gaza News
Cameron says a meeting between Scotland’s Hamza Yousaf and Turkish leader on the sidelines of COP28 breached protocol because a UK official was not present.…
Rwanda row: PM Sunak, who pledged to ‘stop the boats’, faces crucial test | Refugees News
Glasgow, United Kingdom – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spent the weekend trying to persuade rebel MPs from his own party to back his latest…
Russia plans presidential vote in annexed Ukrainian regions | News
The decision raises logistical and security challenges for Moscow because of its limited control in the four regions. Russia plans to run next year’s presidential…
‘Too terrified to leave the house’: Internet trolls in Libya target women | Features
When parliamentary and presidential elections were announced in Libya for December 2021, prominent political activist Hanan al-Faidy, 46, immediately registered her candidacy for parliament in…
UN climate chief slams opponents of fossil fuel phase-out at COP28 | News
Talks intensify over calls to phase out fossil fuels, as oil producers led by Saudi Arabia put up tough resistance. The UN’s climate chief has…
Iraq’s marshes are dying, and so is a civilization | Climate Crisis
Mohammed Hamid Nour is only 23 but is already nostalgic for how Iraq’s Mesopotamian marshes once were before drought dried them up, decimating his herd…
What Happens When A Displacement Camp Is Emptied Of People?
The Dalori II displacement camp echoed with life only a few years ago. Traders lined the dirt roads with groceries, firewood, and clothing accessories. Young…
Afghanistan fiasco -collapse of state building 20 years project
The failure of the Afghan state-building project is often attributed to the belief that Afghan society was not ready and that state-building with force is…
World condemns Israel’s war on Gaza as it marches for Palestine | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Demonstrators rallied across the world to show their solidarity with Palestinians and to protest against the Israeli army’s onslaught on the Gaza Strip on World…
Zelenskyy to meet US President Joe Biden, House Speaker as aid stumbles | Russia-Ukraine war News
Ukrainian president will travel to Washington, DC as right-wing Republicans baulk at providing more help to Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion. Ukrainian President…
Elon Musk brings conspiracy theorist Alex Jones back to X following poll | Social Media News
Musk says ‘the people have spoken’ after unscientific poll on X backs Jones’s return. Elon Musk has brought right-wing American conspiracy theorist Alex Jones back…
WHO calls for immediate passage of humanitarian relief into Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he hopes resolution will be starting point for further UN action on crisis. The World Health Organization has agreed on…
Argentina’s Javier Milei tells nation to brace for painful economic shock | Politics News
Newly inaugurated libertarian president warns there is ‘no alternative to a shock adjustment’. Argentina’s new President Javier Milei has warned his country’s people to prepare…
Australia inquiry raises hopes for six jailed over alleged 1981 bomb plot | Courts News
Melbourne, Australia – More than four decades after they were convicted in one of Australia’s longest-running criminal trials, the evidence used to jail six former…
Monday 11 December Proclamation of the Republic in Burkina Faso
The region of modern-day Burkina Faso did not attract colonial attention until the late nineteenth century. By 1898, the kingdoms that now make up the…
Status Quo and Potential Transformation of Java Island’s Coastal Areas into Low-Carbon Tourism
This essay reflects on the Marine Resources and Coastal Management (MRCM) course field trip at two coastal destinations in Java Island, Indonesia – Parangtritis in…
Palestinian families kept apart by Israeli ‘rules’ mourn loved ones in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News
On October 8, Eman Radwan called her parents from the West Bank and spoke to them for the last time. They were in Gaza where…