A recent barrage of nuclear-capable missile tests and a change in law setting out the conditions for a nuclear strike show that North Korea’s leader is intent on reunification on his terms.
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History tells us that non-recognition works and that simply accepting illegal invasions sets a dangerous precedent.
There’s now a hard-headed security rationale for further supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia.
The Cold War provided the US with strategic and defensive advantages; some politicians also used it to push their view of what it meant to be American.
To fully implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Canada must engage in genuine and inclusive law reform.
Global estimates of modern-day slavery by the United Nations reveal improving methods for calculating the data.
Seas are rising in the Torres Strait, swamping crops and graveyards. Friday’s decision by a landmark UN committee is a breakthrough for Indigenous rights and climate justice.
The cancellation of the WorldPride 2025 event in Taiwan is not only a loss for LGBTQ+ rights in Asia. It’s also emblematic of the influence of authoritarian regimes worldwide.
Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
Reform of the UN to make it more inclusive and accountable is long overdue, the two leaders have said.
Millions of Somalis are in urgent need of aid. But not enough is being done to reach marginalised groups.
A nuclear nonproliferation expert explains why Iran was always unlikely to return to the 2015 international agreement that limited its nuclear weapon development.
The report shies away from the issue of ‘genocide’, but is still a landmark document with evidence of widespread abuse of Uyghur people.
While Russia and Ukraine’s war wages on, previous peace talk discussions didn’t appear to include women. Changing that can make a difference, research shows.
To his credit, former South African president Thabo Mbeki set up anti-corruption institutions that survived his own efforts to erode them.
Six months into the Ukraine war, around 5000 Ukrainian civilans and 9000 soldiers have died, but the war shows no sign of ending.
India’s international climate pledge could set the tone for other emerging economies for a decade.
A scholar of humanitarianism sums up what she saw on the ground during a five-week research trip to Poznań, Lublin, Warsaw, Krakow and several smaller cities along the Poland-Ukraine border.
DRC has the highest number of allegations of sexual abuse by UN peacekeepers – yet no systematic research on the claims of their abandoned children has existed until now.
Rwanda believes DRC continues to provide refuge for those behind the 1994 genocide.
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