By Peace News
People whose immediate family had been killed by al-Shabaab were measurably less willing to accept defectors, a reminder that reconciliation has to compete with real grief and fear.
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By Janine Mendes-Franco
“Sobers became an example of the West Indian’s claim to [...] full participation, on merit, in a world that had long assumed such mastery was the preserve of the coloniser.”
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By José Kaire, Prrofessor of Political Science, Arizona State University
The current state of democracy in the world is fragile. According to the V-Dem Project, which measures global democracy, 41% of the world’s population live in autocratizing countries — that is, those becoming more authoritarian.
In fact, a “third wave of autocratization” has seen democracy pushed back to levels not seen since 1978, the authors of the 2026 V-Dem report conclude. Worse, many of the 92 autocracies around the world are becoming more repressive.
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By Amnesty International
Following the Portuguese Parliament’s approval of a law banning face coverings in public spaces, the Executive Director of Amnesty International – Portugal, João Godinho Martins, said: “This new law is discriminatory and is a threat to human rights. Despite having removed direct references to Islam, which were a part of previous versions of the text, this […] The post Portugal: Blanket ban on face coverings threatens several human rights appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Victims’ families and activists gather outside the International Criminal Court in The Hague to demand justice for the thousands of people killed during the abusive “drug war” of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, February 23, 2026. © 2026 Liona Li/TMHK via Nexpher Images/Sipa USA via AP Photo On July 17, 1998, countries around the world adopted the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), a day now recognized as International Justice Day. The ICC is the court of last resort for victims seeking justice for the most serious crimes in…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People congregate outside a World Food Programme food distribution center in Yakawlang, Bamyan province, Afghanistan, January 1, 2026. © 2026 Sayed Hassib/Reuters A man in western Afghanistan recently told me that his neighbors knock on his door to ask for food. A man in the capital, Kabul, said, “I can no longer feed my children properly,” and described how the rising cost of food was affecting him and his family. Such stories are becoming increasingly common in Afghanistan, where millions are being impacted by a looming hunger crisis.According to the United…
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By La Vida de Nos
After Venezuela’s earthquakes, families searched for missing children within a strained protection system that struggled to respond amid collapsed buildings, scarce resources, and institutional gaps.
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By Conor Boland, Assistant Professor of Materials Science, Deputy Director of Innovation at the RAPID Institute, Dublin City University
Spain will play Argentina in the Fifa World Cup final on Sunday. The highly anticipated match takes place in New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium, with the teams vying for the most coveted prize in football.
Attacking flair and physicality will no doubt play a role. But we could also see an underappreciated element of football come to the fore: geometry.
In their 2-0 World Cup…
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By Peter Howson, Assistant Professor - Geography and Development, Northumbria University, Newcastle
AI companies increasingly want to move their operations into space. Elon Musk’s SpaceX has applied to launch over a million AI data centre satellites and ultimately build them on the moon.
Jeff…
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By Sameer Hosany, Professor of Marketing, Royal Holloway, University of London
Shaheen Hosany, Associate Professor of Marketing, Hult International Business School, London
Flying abroad for a summer holiday is not as simple as it used to be. Geopolitical uncertainty has already disrupted flight schedules and fuel prices this year.
For many, staying closer to home will seem like a sensible option. And in the UK, warmer summers could also make staycations much more appealing.
But for others, the allure of foreign holidays will always remain.
So the challenge for travel companies is to demonstrate…
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