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Sylvia Beales writes: Elizabeth Sclater was an indomitable advocate for older people in general, and for older women especially

Mali’s interim president, Colonel d’Armée Assimi Goïta, who came to power in a coup on 18 August 2020, enjoys remarkably strong public support. Survey data from pan-African research network Afrobarometer and the Mali-Métre survey, run by Germany’s Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung since 2012, indicate high levels of satisfaction with junta rule. In the…

Palestinian envoy tells court aid used as ‘weapon of war’; Israeli minister condemns ‘delegitimisation’ of his country.

ISRAEL is killing and displacing civilians, as well as targeting aid workers in Gaza, a Palestinian diplomat has told the United Nations’ top…

Zelenskyy, Starmer, Macron … they all had his ear at Pope Francis’s funeral. But he is just as easily swayed by the elevator doorman, says Orysia Lutsevych, head of the Ukraine forum at Chatham House

As the humanitarian aid system in Gaza faces collapse, the court has scheduled a week of hearings in response to a request from the UN General Assembly.

Anger in Indian-run Kashmir escalated on Monday over sweeping detentions in the hunt for the gunmen who carried out a deadly attack last week that New Delhi blames on arch-rival Pakistan.

Tiny Sandy Cay is strategically vital due to proximity to largest island occupied by Philippines in Spratly archipelago

A top Palestinian official told the International Court of Justice on Monday that Israel was blocking humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza as a "weapon of war", starting off a week of hearings at the UN's top court.