Phan Thị Kim Phúc, the “Napalm Girl” from a haunting 1972 photograph, survived severe burns from a napalm attack during the ...

There are rules and world leaders must insist they be honoured in practice and in spirit. After this atrocity in Iran, a more effective tribunal for crimes against children is essential, says former p ...

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What you need to know: As conflicts rage across continents, the deeper roots of global instability remain unresolved. True peace will remain elusive until women and men achieve genuine equality in ...

President Kagame, who, like his DRC counterpart Tshisekedi, ducked the recent EAC Heads of State summit in Arusha, last ...

West Bank: Israeli settlers killed three Palestinians during a raid on a village in the region yesterday. Attacks by settlers ...

Iran continues to launch missile and drone strikes across several Middle East countries as Trump warns over the Strait of ...

FOR many of a certain generation in Britain, Uganda is synonymous with the figure of Idi Amin, who was lampooned by the tabloid press as a buffoon and tin-pot dictator who, through sheer brutality of ...

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Many see the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as the main barrier to regime change, or any change at all, in Iran.

Letters: Readers respond to the home secretary’s changes to the asylum system, including the move to make asylum status temporary ...

Government offensives, as the president looks to consolidate power, are leading to widespread abuses against civilians.