Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders

Exclusive: Ministers face pushback over potential changes to asylum seekers’ rights before Council of Europe meeting Human rights groups have warned UK ministers against weakening protections against torture or other mistreatment for asylum seekers before a crucial European summit this week on how to respond to migration. David Lammy, the justice secretary, is expected to help lead arguments at the Council of Europe meeting on Wednesday on how the European convention on human rights (ECHR) could be reinterpreted to limit the scope of rights under article 3, which prohibits torture and “inhuman or degrading treatment”. Continue reading...

(Stockholm, 1 December 2025) Revenues from sales of arms and military services by the 100 largest arms-producing companies rose by 5.9 per cent in 2024, reaching a record $679 billion, according to ne...

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation predicted that 4.8 million children would die this year, up from 4.6 million last year.

“We believe we need more balance, less hysteria and hype,” said Philip Schellekens, the UNDP's chief economist for the Asia Pacific.

The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.

A drone attack by Sudanese paramilitary forces has hit a kindergarten in south-central Sudan, killing 50 people, including 33 children, according to a doctors’ group

Politicians in the self-governing Danish territory have voted to overturn legislation which banned abortion in most cases.

Slovenia Calls for Easing the Selection Process of the Next UN Chief - PassBlue

Five hours of talks between Putin and US negotiators were “constructive”, Kremlin officials say, but “a lot of work lies ahead”.

The president says the US will "go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country".

UNITED NATIONS — Every 10 minutes last year a woman somewhere in the world was killed by a person close to her, the United Nations said Monday as it decried a lack of progress in the battle against fe...

The US president is threatening to cut aid to Honduras if his favoured right-wing presidential candidate does not win.

Heavy monsoon rains strike across south-east Asia leaving thousands of people without shelter or critical supplies Indonesian and Thai authorities are racing to clear debris and find hundreds of missing people as they said more than 600 people had died in devastating floods and landslides across south-east Asia. Heavy monsoon rains have overwhelmed parts of Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia in recent days, leaving thousands of people stranded without shelter or critical supplies. Continue reading...