Israel does not appear to have the conventional ‘bunker buster’ weapons needed to attack Iran’s underground Fordow uranium ...

With a single law, the Peruvian government last month launched an unprecedented attack on independent journalism outlets and many non-profit organisations that receive foreign funding. Law 32.301 ...

Nigel Farage says his party is a break from the political establishment. That claim doesn’t match up with its donors ...

Binyamin Netanyahu ’s government in Israel remains insistent that Iran is the main threat to the entire region. This morning ...

Leading the call is Baroness Gustafsson of Chesterton – as she is known since she was handed a life peerage to enable her to ...

Labour has quietly dropped legal fight over unlawful crackdown on protest. But what about those already arrested?

Too many in both government and civil society persist in the belief that there should be technocratic solutions to slavery ...

The anti-trafficking movement has long been divided into factions. All groups agree that no one should endure trafficking, ...

Revealed: Dozens of women with mental health problems ‘stripped’ and made to wear ‘last resort’ anti-rip clothing ...

Women will no longer face prison for ending a pregnancy. There are two reasons why this reform was urgently needed ...

This bill ignores vital safeguards. From my frontline experience, I see how it will increase suffering, not ease it ...

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