International issues

September 2025 — A coalition of activists has launched an urgent international campaign demanding that governments support a UN-mandated multinational armed protective force to halt what they describe as Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The campaign, coordinated by…

Since the creation of the United Nations 80 years ago, only four women have served as President of the General Assembly, where all 193 UN Member States debate the key issues facing the world.  President of the United Nations General…

This was what the President of the United States initially lied: “Earlier this morning, on my Orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a kinetic strike against positively identified Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility. TDA is a designated…

Nepal is going through one of the deepest political and social crises in decades, marked by the convergence of structural problems, immediate triggers, and complex internal and external dynamics that have led to massive protests, the fall of the communist…

President Donald Trump euphorically concluded his White House press conference on September 2 with breaking news: the US military had just blown up a small motor vessel in the middle of the Caribbean Sea. He alleged that the skiff came…

Over the past few years, Russia has raised its public diplomacy across Africa, ultimately aiming at strengthening multifaceted relations. As noticeable in practical terms, Russia has taken various tailored steps toward influencing public opinions and policy perceptions across the continent.…

Making demands for basic moral actions of governments unlikely to do most of them anytime soon can be a useful educational and long-term activity. Here are some demands for governments of the world that many of us have been making,…

The recent summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Beijing, often portrayed in headlines through images of missiles and military parades, carries a deeper and more enduring significance. Beyond the choreography of power lies an attempt to question the…

Energy that is hailed as clean demands a vital resource that is missing: water. The world applauds green hydrogen as the clean energy that will save the planet. It is sold as the invisible gold of the twenty-first century. But…

We are witnessing not only the collapse of neoliberal models but also the exhaustion of their so-called humanitarian counterpart. Crises demand our attention, yet deeper transformations are already underway. Humanitarians respond to immediate emergencies—such as Gaza and the Flotilla—but Humanists…