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Countries and companies involved in oil and gas extraction to be asked to join scheme aimed at tackling global heating

New British government under pressure to broker deal to end half-century-long crisis

Sirens pierced the pre-dawn quiet in Cyprus on Saturday to mark 50 years since Turkish troops landed on the Mediterranean island in an invasion that has left it divided to this day.

At least 40 migrants have died after a boat they were traveling in caught fire off the northern coast of Haiti, a UN agency said Friday, with police saying the explosion was sparked by a voodoo ritual gone wrong.

Activists say ICJ’s ruling will do little for Palestinians under occupation unless other states apply pressure to Israel

Michel Forst, UN special rapporteur, joins growing chorus of voices criticising jail terms handed to five defendants

The International Court of Justice ruled Friday that Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian Territories is illegal and called on it to stop building settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas hailed the decision while Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said it cannot alter…

Judgment challenges allies such as UK and US, which for years soft-pedalled on occupation of Palestinian territories

These protesters are shouting ‘fire’ while the world burns. A society that locks them up cannot be called democratic, say campaigners Chris Packham and Dale Vince