End the convention allowing departing Prime Ministers to nominate resignation honours and life peerages. Replace it with a transparent, fully independent process based on demonstrated public service, not loyalty or proximity to a political leader.

A Tennessee Republican bill that would potentially subject women who have abortions to the death penalty failed in a House committee.

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Report from independent conflict tracker Acled indicates one of the highest civilian death rates since start of war

This attack cannot be dismissed as an error. It was a deliberate attempt to sabotage water distribution to civilians who cannot leave the area, particularly the poorest, the sick, and the most vulnera...

Democrats Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley reach ‘inescapable conclusion’ after fact-finding trip to region

The al-Mawasi area in southern Gaza where Israel has told displaced people to go is among places targeted.

Israeli forces killed dozens in Gaza on Tuesday as tanks and warplanes levelled entire blocks in Gaza City.

People protest around the world as Israel continues push to seize Gaza City where famine has been declared.

Israel is carrying out a deliberate campaign of starvation in the occupied Gaza Strip, systematically destroying the health, well-being and social fabric of Palestinian life, Amnesty International sai...

More Palestinians die from starvation as UN Security Council prepares to discuss Israel’s plan to take over Gaza City.

Proposal that needs to be approved by full cabinet would mean stationing troops in approximately 25% of territory

"I remember the first time that I saw a little girl, she was eight months old, brought to me—she was sticks and bones and she was dead."

Israeli forces killed 56 aid seekers in Gaza on Sunday as just 36 aid trucks entered the besieged enclave on Saturday.

A 17-year-old was among seven people who starved to death in Gaza as Israeli forces shot dead dozens more aid seekers.

The grim milestone reaches as Israel continues to target aid seekers amid famine conditions in Gaza.

Killings come as UN warns that the hunger crisis in Gaza has reached ‘a new level of desperation’.

Macron condemns US strikes on Iran as illegal and counterproductive, warning forceful regime change has never brought stability.

The man accused of assassinating the top Democrat in the Minnesota House held deeply religious and politically conservative views, telling a congregation in Africa two years ago that the U.S. was in a...

We can no longer hide the uncomfortable truths of Israel’s destruction of Gaza.