Recommendations for Wednesday, 7 October 2026

Pacific leaders urged action on climate change as UN pre-COP talks opened in Fiji's Nadi on Monday, ahead of next month's COP31 summit in Turkey. Discussions in Fiji and Tuvalu will focus on limiting…

Recommendations for Thursday, 1 October 2026

People living in Chad’s Lake Province are bearing the brunt of climate change. The region and the communities that have developed there have historically depended on this vast body of water. Fishing,…

Former Central African rebel Mahamat Said was found guilty of crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court on September 23. And not guilty of war crimes. The trial, the last Central Afr...

Since January 2025, the Trump administration has deported more than 25,000 people to so-called third countries – places that are not their countries of origin. Working with a consortium of 26 internat...

Tribunal rules FTSE 100 group is justified in paying warehouse workers more than mostly female shop workers

The US president says the move will help ranchers, but conservationists say it could derail efforts to recover populations.

[Melanie O’Brien is Professor of International Law and Deputy Head of School (Research) at the University of Western Australia Law School, and visiting scholar with the University of Minnesota Law …

US tariffs ​on all Canadian cars and trucks, automotive parts and steel will be increased to 50% starting January 1, 2027, President Donald Trump said ​in a social ‌post on Monday. Doubling down on hi...

Next week, the Henry Jackson Society, in collaboration with The Hague Initiative for International Cooperation, will launch of a ground-breaking new report False Alarm: Problems in the World Health Or...

Critics dismiss IDF call for two criminal investigations into notorious Gaza killings — one of which sparked film — as ‘charade’

The European Court of Human Rights has dismissed the case, but the plaintiffs aren't giving up.

The Trump administration has vowed to dismantle the international court "brick by brick".

'Voices of Afghan Women' (2/6). Upon returning to power on August 15, 2021, the Taliban dismantled institutions, laws and services related to women's rights in a matter of days and purged the judicial...

Five years after the Taliban’s return to power, Central Asian states view engagement with Kabul as not only possible, but necessary.

The legislation will 'exceptionally' reduce certain prison terms, says Lebanon's parliament speaker.

Employees are using mental-health leave for everything from taking care of sick parents to traveling to Bali to become influencers, writes Maya Sulkin.

The FRIVAO fund for victims is also meant to provide collective reparations. But in Kisangani, there are questions about the use of these funds, which are sometimes misappropriated or have no real imp...

Thirty years after the bombing of Nagasaki, a US physicist who helped to assemble the bomb revealed to the BBC why the blast couldn't be stopped.

The ex-president is convicted of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the country's civil war.

Four leading U.S. human rights groups on Tuesday sued the Trump administration over its campaign aimed at dismantling the International Criminal Court, calling the effort unconstitutional.

The investigation follows Mexico’s maximum 50% tariff hike on about 1,400 product categories, imposed under pressure from Washington.

Ceuta and Melilla are Spanish Autonomous Cities located on the northern coast of Africa and bordering Morocco. They occupy a singular position within the European legal order. They simultaneously cons...

Tug of war between US, Chinese and Australian companies for east African deposit threatens to overrun lush homeland

The removal of Karim Khan as prosecutor of the International Criminal Court was both the end of a long saga that played out against intense US pressure, and the beginning of a new and tricky stage in ...

Research shows, more than military strikes or sanctions, authoritarians fear independent media, anti-censorship tech, and civil society.

The two men, who are accused of favouring foreigners for their events, allegedly violated immigration laws.

Israel's approval of an international stabilization force marks what supporters describe as a significant step toward rebuilding Gaza and replacing Hamas's rule.

China and the Philippines on Monday (July 20) traded accusations after an encounter between vessels in contested South China Sea waters, with Manila saying one of its navy personnel was struck on the ...

Detained while picketing PM's residence, Gandhi demands Modi's resignation for 'destroying the future of India's youth'.

The ban also restricts exports of mercury and cyanide to Sudan, chemicals widely used in gold mining.

FT analysis shows extent of enormous progress since ‘airpocalypse’ — and latest emissions increase

South Africa is cracking down on undocumented migrants following widespread anti-immigration protests.

The International Olympic Committee provisionally lifted its suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee on Tuesday, paving the way for Russian athletes and teams to move closer to competing under the...

Dularika Perera, 38, only found out her cousin was among 26 people killed in the worst Sri Lankan prison riot in years when his photo was sent ​to her on WhatsApp.

Khaled Al-Halabi, a former senior military intelligence officer under the al-Assad regime, thought he had found refuge in Vienna. On Monday 7 July, he was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment for to...

Lack of shovel-ready projects is holding back Mark Carney’s plan to double trade with partners outside of the US

The Committee to Protect Journalists is acknowledging that its list of supposed journalists killed by Israel is unreliable, and it will conduct a review of the list. That is a

Critics say it could hasten forced assimilation, lead to targeting of critics outside China. Beijing rejects charges.

Rwanda provides a case of its own when it comes to the use of universal jurisdiction. This podcast helps providing a global picture of the legal landscape. And how it may intersect with a growing excl...

Amnesty said the EU was already 'complicit in horrific violations and abuses' due to its financial support for the Libyan coast guard, which regularly intercepts migrant vessels.

It was only a few years ago that the sight of someone flying a Canadian flag was enough to spark complicated feelings in some people, when it became a common motif during the convoy protests. Now, the...

The strike illustrates a grim pattern in Russia’s conduct of the war – the systematic destruction of Ukrainian religious and cultural sites.

New projects and foreign-backed mines are reshaping Zimbabwe’s lithium sector, with uneven local gains.

Defence secretary warns of heightened Chinese military activity around Scarborough Shoal

The USTR's proposed Section 301 tariffs are intended more to pressure countries to sign and implement deals than to protect labor.

The arrest of two senior journalists for the offence of crimes against humanity has prompted serious concerns about press freedom and judicial overreach by the country’s International Crimes Tribunal.

ISIS has claimed a series of attacks in Syria, including an IED strike near Damascus and a reported assault on security forces in Raqqa.