Children across the UK are used to sell drugs, and the state appears more interested in arresting them than helping ...

Climate-focused think tank InfluenceMap has uncovered that industry influence appears to have led to the delay and dilution ...

In late 2024, the judges – who hail from Benin, Peru, Slovenia and Uganda – had issued arrest warrants for Israeli prime ...

Exclusive: Investigation reveals the extent of child domestic abuse victims, and systemic failures to protect them ...

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Donald Trump has gone fully in on Israel’s war aims. That decision may yet come back to hurt him – and Keir Starmer ...

Donald Trump’s decision to allow “two weeks” to decide whether the US will join in Israel’s assault on Iran may be an effort at conflict resolution via diplomacy, or may have more to do ...

The concept or perspective of ‘commons’ has for some years now been drawing in large numbers of people and groups from all over the world, and it has had a significant impact on spheres of ...

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

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

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