CounterPunch13h
West Papua: Where Transmigration Means Genocide, Ecocide and, in the End, Suicide
For the past six decades, Indonesia has been an occupying colonial power in West Papua. The United Nations is responsible for this and its atrocious consequences, as John Saltford meticulously details ...
Global climate talk: Show me the money
The nearly 200 countries represented in this year’s global climate talks have one week to come up with a very important figure: how much money will be collectively delivered every year to stop climate ...
Ethiopian6d
Unpacking promises of a new chapter in economic cooperation, global influence with BRICS+
BRICS, an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, was initially established in 2009 as a coalition of ...
Inside Climate News8d
‘COP Fatigue’: Experts Warn That Size and Spectacle of Global Climate Summit Is Hindering Progress
Streamlining the process by breaking up the annual climate conference into smaller events could speed progress toward ...
War on the Rocks10dOpinion
How Naval Interdiction Could Help Curb Haiti’s Gangs
Money is the sinew of all wars. In Haiti, feuding gangs are financed by illicit traffic of all sorts, including narcotics and ...
Dorset Echo12d
Pardons, deportations and tariffs – Can Trump achieve his day one to-do list?
He would try to accomplish that by reviving a 2020 executive order known ... to be in the United States illegally. That would require a huge, trained law enforcement force, massive detention ...
Daily Express14d
The little island country that's one of world's most overcrowded - 1.5m crammed in
A tiny island in the Gulf is one of the most densely populated countries in the world ... the equivalent of Mauritius's size. In sixth place is the Gulf island of Bahrain, which has a land ...
Australian Institute of International Affairs22d
The 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly: Sustaining a Rules-Based International Order
The 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly marks a time when trust in ... undermining the foundation of world order. In the words of Secretary-General António Guterres, it is a time when ...
Barron's24d
UNIFIL Says Rocket, Likely Fired By Hezbollah Or Affiliates, Hit Lebanon HQ
United Nations peacekeepers said Tuesday that a rocket, likely fired by Hezbollah or an affiliated group, hit its headquarters in southern Lebanon, leaving some peacekeepers with minor injuries.
Free Tibet24d
15 countries raise Tibet at the United Nations General Assembly
In October 2024, a coalition of 15 countries, including Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom and United States of America raised serious concerns at the United Nations General Assembly ...
The West Australian25d
Emma Garlett: Government must acknowledge injustices of past of First Nations people in order to move forward
It’s too important to become politicised. Truth-telling is the process of uncovering the real history of Australia, through the eyes of First Nations Australians. History is written by the victors, ...
Al Jazeera English25d
Current climate pledges by nations ‘miles short’ of 2030 goal, UN body says
National pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions fall significantly short of those needed to limit catastrophic global warming, says the United Nations before climate change negotiations next month.