Juan Manuel Santos delivered a video address at the UN Association’s event marking the 80th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly.

https://lnkd.in/eXp-_JxU Fear and moral paralysis is not a strategy. For the second time in a month, the city is mourning a civilian killed by federal agents, and the atmosphere is thick with grief...

CNN analyzed cellphone footage of immigration officers fatally shooting Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. Taken together, they appear at odds with the Department of Homeland Security’s claims about the kill...

Labour minister calls US president’s comments ‘deeply disappointing’ and ‘plainly wrong’

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Highlights from Humanity in the Age of AI, exploring how leaders can protect human skills and work with AI to shape the future of work.

Moscow targets energy system as Kyiv suffers minus 20C temperatures

Witnesses tell of the brutality inflicted on those taking part in anti-regime protests

Confidential complaints filed by troops and their families reveal patterns of wrongdoing in the ranks that are hidden from the Russian public.

For 24 years, Toforest Johnson has been on Alabama’s death row for a crime he did not commit. The State’s lawyers continue to seek his execution.

The Elders call for the release of Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti from Israeli prison as an important step towards reviving a lasting two-state solution.

Scheduled for execution on 15 October 2025, Hamzah bin Ibrahim accepts responsibility but questions the justice of his sentence. He cooperated with authorities, received a Certificate of Substantive A...

Richard Branson discusses 'A Land for All' - a bold and audacious vision that would enable both Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs to flourish and prosper on a common understanding of the ground benea...

Is Texas about to execute an innocent man? Lester Holt examines Robert Roberson’s controversial death row case.

Only by using all its political, financial and military means will the West deter Russian mischief

"Now, more than ever, it is vital that Ukraine remains at the forefront of global debate," writes Richard Branson.

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Letters: To defeat the cartels, governments should decriminalise personal use and create legal drug markets, says Richard Branson. And Richard Kilroy decries US military action against suspected drug-...

For a durable peace, Trump must get the order of talks right.

Iranian authorities have executed at least 841 people since the beginning of the year and up until 28 August 2025, according to information gathered by the UN Human Rights Office – ignoring multiple c...

Former US security adviser was courageous in his criticisms of Trump’s approach to Putin — his treatment is alarming

Thanks to support from Sightsavers and other organisations, millions of people in Senegal are no longer at risk from losing their sight to the eye disease.

“California death penalty prosecutions in the last five years alone have led to court costs of more than $300 million.”

(Geneva/New York, 19 August 2025): A shocking new record of 383 aid workers killed in 2024 must be a wake-up call to protect all civilians in confli

The government says it is working

Sudan’s devastating civil war shows what will replace the liberal order: anarchy and greed.

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Others with a stake in Ukraine’s security and relations with Russia must stay engaged too, argues the Nobel Peace Prize winner

Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein urges the international community to back a concrete two-state solution grounded in equality, ending occupation, and ensuring sovereignty and dignity for both Palestinians and Is...

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The UK foreign secretary also criticises Israel's rejection of an international statement calling for the war to end.

The Cambodian government is deliberately ignoring a litany of human rights abuses including slavery, human trafficking, child labour and torture being carried out by criminal gangs on a vast scale in ...

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Report from Human Rights Watch criticises Museveni regime for arbitrary arrests and detentions, violence and extortion since draconian new law enacted

In our latest newsletter, Ban Ki-moon says the UN UN needs bold reform to ensure it serves and protects humanity.

Eighty years on from their devastating use, Ernesto Zedillo explores the enduring threat of nuclear weapons and how we can reduce the risks they pose today.

This week the presenter turns 99. To celebrate, we asked 99 nature lovers – including Margaret Atwood, Jane Fonda, Bono, Kate Winslet and Michael Palin – how he has helped us see the world with fresh ...

Voters in the Cayman Islands on Wednesday passed a referendum expressing support for the self-governing British territory’s proposed removal of criminal penalties for simple marijuana possession and u...