For the past 50 years, a United Nations Security Council resolution has helped to sustain Israel’s occupation of Palestine, analysts say. Ghada Karmi, a British-Palestinian author and lecturer at Exeter University’s Institute of Arab and Islamic studies, says the central issue is that Israelis « never intended » to comply with UNSC Resolution 242, adopted on November…

Rohingya activists have accused Aung San Suu Kyi of « denying their existence », after Myanmar’s leader failed to mention a humanitarian crisis that has seen the exodus of more than half a million refugees to Bangladesh since August. In a speech on Monday, Aung San Suu Kyi said the world is facing new threats partly because of…

In Syria’s besieged Eastern Ghouta, medicine is being rationed and people are dying due to a lack of medical care.

US President Donald Trump designates North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism, allowing more sanctions to be imposed.