Kigali is hosting the International Cycling Union Road World Championships. But the celebration of international cycling’s flagship event cannot cover up Rwanda’s abusive human rights record.

GNI calls on all actors in Nepal to refrain from violence and take meaningful steps toward de-escalation.

The fighting between Thailand and Cambodia exposes the depth of global arms proliferation in South-East Asia, proving more sophisticated and deadly than experts expected.

GENEVA – The withdrawal of sanctions against individuals and companies that have provided weapons, military supplies and other material support to the Myanmar military is a shocking turn in U.S. polic...

From Gaza and Israel to Russia and Ukraine, any meaningful ceasefire must confront digitally enabled operations, Brett Solomon and Betsy Popken write.

A report reveals that a lack of information on arms exports hinders access to justice and fuels doubts about the role played by arms-producing powers in conflicts

A U.S.-brokered peace deal, signed on June 27 between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, will link economic integration and respect for territorial integrity with the promise of Western ...

Mozambique's human rights commission said on Friday it has opened an investigation into media reports of deadly abuses by government soldiers against villagers fleeing jihadist unrest near a major Tot...

Last year was the most devastating year for children in armed conflict in two decades, according to the new annual report from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

Which are the 10 least peaceful countries in 2025, and what conditions drive their low rankings? Insights from the Global Peace Index 2025.

With peaceful norms fading, a new weapon has made conflict cheaper and easier

Move follows campaign accusing Maersk of links to Israel’s military and occupation of Palestinian lands.

Sanctioned pro-Russian media are still part of Facebook’s advertising revenue program, new research out Friday showed. Russian state broadcasters, including Rossiya Segodnya — the organizatio…

Access Now calls on Paragon to answer for the use of its spyware in Italy against journalists, and to address oversight failures.

The International Criminal Court is reviewing a confidential legal report arguing that the Russia-linked Wagner group has committed war crimes by spreading images of apparent atrocities in West Africa...

Russian business leaders are backing legislation that would stop Western companies one day returning to the market they left after the Ukraine invasion.

Country’s credit export agency tasks legal group led by senior barrister to review $20bn gas development

Mr. President, Excellencies, distinguished delegates,As we meet, conflicts are spiraling.The military escalation between Israel and Iran is deeply worrying.I join all those appealing for de-escalation...

The Norwegian National Contact Point (NCP) has concluded that Aker BP's due diligence in the merger with Lundin Energy Norway ...

When General Assimi Goita seized power in 2020, many hoped it would bring positive change to Mali, a country grappling with jihadist attacks and an economic crisis. What has actually happened in the p...

Deputy Director Mary Wareham and Laura Lodenius, Executive Director at Peace Union of Finland, discuss the grave ramifications of states leaving the Mine Ban Treaty.

New field interviews and research on the Kolwezi living wage reveal that copper-cobalt mine workers remain trapped in poverty.

The 36th anniversary of a bloody crackdown that ended pro-democracy protests in China passed like any other weekday for most Chinese.

Saudi authorities will use drones, AI and other tech for safety at this year's Hajj pilgrimage. But this increases other risks — for data privacy, hackers and of turning a spiritual journey into a "cy...

On today's episode, we travel from the battlefields of the U.S. Civil War, through the rubble of two world wars, to the hallways of the Hague, to see how the modern world has tried to define — and pro...

Current and former Meta employees fear the new automation push comes at the cost of allowing AI to make tricky determinations about how Meta's apps could lead to real world harm.

China’s persecution of Uyghurs prompted the U.S. to ban Xinjiang imports. China found a way around it — by shipping more Uyghurs across the country.

Legalizing Moscow’s occupation would also send a dangerous message to other aggressive powers.

Executives from NSO Group, the controversial Israeli manufacturer of Pegasus spyware, are in Washington this week for meetings with Republican officials.

A FairSquare report published today has found that there is a critical absence of effective policies and processes to determine the cause of migrant worker deaths in Saudi Arabia, and concluded that t...

Raging conflicts, disasters and climate change are responsible for the displacement of tens of millions of people, with Gaza and Sudan hit the hardest. The lack of progress toward reining in global di...

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They are considered one of the world’s most dangerous, and indiscriminate, weapons. Yet five European countries have turned their backs on an international treaty on the use of landmines, citing the g...

A long-simmering dispute between Sudan’s army and a paramilitary group exploded into a full-blown civil war in April 2023. At least 150,000 people may have been killed since then, according to US esti...