Category: World

US diplomats at the United Nations are seeking to eliminate the word “gender” from UN Human rights documents , in most cases replacing it with ‘ woman ‘ in an apparent move by the Trump administration to strip transgender people of official recognition..

The energy system is undergoing unprecedented change. The geopolitical landscape of energy is quickly shifting and environmental concerns have shaken the system’s foundations. At the same time, the economics of competing energy sources have changed, and the advent of Fourth Industrial..

UN Humanitarian experts have warned that Yemen faces the world’s worst famine in 100 years. Saudi Arabian forces have been called upon to stop the blockade of goods, including food, to Yemen. The blockade is one of Saudi’s tactics in the war against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels that are trying to overthrow..

Libya has rejected an EU plan to establish refugee and migrant processing centres in the country, adding that it would not be swayed by any financial inducements to change its decision. The formal rejection by the Libyan prime minister, Fayez al-Sarraj, is a blow to Italy, which is regarded..

China’s economic growth cooled to its slowest pace since the global financial crisis in the third quarter, with regulators pledging further policy support as a years-long campaign to tackle debt risks and the trade war with the United States began to bite. The socialist market economy of the People’s Republic..

The United States is mulling a new operation to send warships through the Taiwan Strait, according to US officials. The mission aimed at ensuring free passage through the strategic waterway but which risks heightening tensions with China. Taiwan is an Island, which is a highly controversial region…

National Security Advisor John Bolton is pushing the Trump administration to withdraw from landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) amid rising tensions with Russia and China. The INF treaty was signed in the late 1980s and limits the deployment of intermediate-range ballistic missiles between the US and Russia…

Washington has hardened its stance over Saudi Arabia’s role in journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s apparent death as new details emerged linking his disappearance to people close to the kingdom’s crown prince. Khashoggi disappeared in the Saudi Consulate in Turkey on 2 October, and have…

India and Japan are going to hold their first – ever joint military exercise between Nov 1 and Nov 14, 2018 at the Counter Insurgency Warfare School in Mizoram. The military exercise named DHARMA GUARDIAN 2018 will be held between the Indian army and the Japan Ground Self Defense Force…

The Australian Parliament’s own human rights watchdog committee has identified a raft of concerns with the Assistance and Access Bill 2018, and is ‘seeking additional information’. Apple has strongly criticized Australia’s anti-encryption bill…