The Latest Breaking News from David Miliband

Country came near median of 163 countries on Index of Impunity, higher than Hungary and Singapore

A strong majority of the UN Security Council urged Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers Friday to immediately reverse all “oppressive” restrictions on girls and women including the latest ban on women working for aid organizations which is exacerbating the already critical humanitarian crisis in the country. The joint statement from 11 of…

The United States on Friday pushed the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution calling on the Taliban-led authorities in Afghanistan to reverse bans on women working for aid groups or attending universities and high school, diplomats said.

The vast majority of U.N. Security Council members are urging Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to immediately reverse all “oppressive” restrictions on girls and women

The U.N. Security Council is set to vote Monday on a resolution that would continue humanitarian aid deliveries to Syria’s rebel-held northwest from Turkey for another six months

From football to the Royals, Paul Routledge gives his tongue-in-cheek look at what is in store for Britain in the New Year as 2022 comes to an end and we enter 2023

Lack of aid spending is ‘a massive problem’ says former foreign secretary amid Labour comeback rumours

Former minister under Blair and Brown has applied to be candidate for East Lothian, sources confirm

Somalia and Ethiopia, both Horn of Africa nations ravaged by drought and conflict, will be the countries of highest concern in 2023, according to an annual Watchlist issued by the International Rescue Committee aid group on Wednesday.

Ridiculed and pitied abroad, and floundering at home, the new UK prime minister sets out his vision: survival of the weakest, says Observer columnist Simon Tisdall

Former Labour foreign secretary does not rule out return to UK politics before next election and urges greater EU cooperation