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DONALD Trump is fuelling a global human rights rollback and letting his “corporate allies run amok”, according to a major new report.

Secret police are a quintessential feature of authoritarian regimes. From Azerbaijan’s State Security Service to Zimbabwe’s Central Intelligence Organisation, these agencies typically target political opponents and dissidents through covert surveillance, imprisonment and physical violence.

The Marriott Hotel in Port-au-Prince announced it will close its doors a decade after it opened, illustrating Haiti's deepening crisis

The UN's food and refugee agencies have warned of dire cuts to their services as funding plummets, especially from key donor the United States under President Donald Trump.

Climate breakdown poses immense threats to global economies, societies and ecosystems. Adapting to these impacts is urgent. But many cities and countries remain chronically unprepared in what the UN calls an “adaptation gap”.

A new poll shows Rep. Elise Stefanik would get 44% of the support among Republicans at the moment should she run for New York Governor next year

Exclusive: Prosecutor barred from public announcements as he prepares round of applications for Israeli suspects

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a declaration of principles under the aegis of the United States, setting out a framework for a draft peace agreement to be discussed on 2 May.

Lawyers for an Egyptian poet and activist who has been allegedly detained and held in solitary confinement without charge in the United Arab Emirates for over 100 days have filed a legal challenge in the U.K. against UAE authorities

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…