By Malak Benslama-Dabdoub, Lecturer in law, Royal Holloway University of London
If the UN security council won’t act and states including the US and UK continue to support Israel, this report is unlikely to change anything.
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By Stephen Clear, Lecturer in Constitutional and Administrative Law, and Public Procurement, Bangor University
The US president and first lady, at the king’s invitation, are on a state visit to the UK and will stay at Windsor castle. The event is laden with ceremony and glitz, but it also carries great political potential – for the host nation in particular.
Formal visits by foreign heads of state are generally aimed at strengthening international relationships. The invitation for this visit was handed to Donald Trump in the Oval Office, on camera, by Keir…
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By Charlotte Lee, Research Fellow, Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford
Being diagnosed with a serious mental illness like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder often brings an overlooked challenge: rapid and sustained weight gain. This side-effect can raise the risk of diabetes, heart disease and early death – widening an already stark life expectancy gap.
A new study my colleagues and I conducted, published in The Lancet Psychiatry, is the largest and longest to track these changes in real-world settings. Analysing GP health records of over 113,000 adults in…
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By Jenny Cooney, Lecturer in Lifestyle Journalism, Monash University
When Robert Redford launched the Utah-based Sundance Institute in 1981, providing an independent support system for filmmakers named after his role in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), it would transform Hollywood and become his biggest legacy.
Redford, who has passed away age 89, was already a huge movie icon when he bought land and created a non-profit space with a mission statement “to foster independent voices, champion risky,…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Albanese put the best face on the situation after his plan to sign a major defence treaty with Papua New Guinea while in Port Moresby fell through.
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By Christopher Rudge, Lecturer in Law, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
New guidelines for minor cosmetic procedures have just kicked it, but laws remain inconsistent across Australia. This may not be such a bad thing.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The energy expert says Australia’s only on track to cut its emissions by around 50% by 2035 – ‘so we’re going to have to step up the pace’ in the next decade.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Israeli soldiers patrol in the Syrian village of Jubata al-Khashab, December 20, 2024. © 2024 Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images Israeli forces occupying parts of southern Syria since December 2024 have carried out a range of abuses against residents, including forced displacement, which is a war crime.Other abuses include homes seizures and demolitions, denial of access to livelihoods and unlawful transfer of Syrian detainees to Israel.Governments should suspend any military support to Israel that could facilitate human rights abuses and violations of international…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image The United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York City, New York, US, April 21, 2025. © 2025 UN Photo/Loey Felipe (New York) – World leaders gathering at the United Nations General Assembly from September 22-30 should commit to protecting the UN from powerful governments seeking to defund and undermine the organization’s capacity to promote human rights and international justice, Human Rights Watch said.On the eve of the General Assembly’s annual general debate, world leaders will hold a summit on the situation in Palestine, which French President Emmanuel…
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Tuesday, September 16, 2025
High-level Statement by Mr. Gilles Carbonnier, Vice President of the ICRC, at the 13th Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, 16-19 September 2025, Geneva
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