It has since morphed into “Muslim grooming gangs”. There is this racist, Islamophobic idea floating around that there is ...

Horrific attacks on Gazan civilians this week confirm how far Binyamin Netanyahu is prepared to go to reach war aims ...

But while the report acknowledges many real and worrying problems, it continues to ignore the elephant in the room. Power ...

Forced labour import bans are a big stick with extraterritorial reach. They appeal to civil society organisations because ...

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 of UK policies on the roll-out of heat pumps, the development of ...

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

After four years of narrowly avoiding prison, Donald Trump is back in the White House. For many observers outside the US, the re-election of a convicted felon who tried to illegally overturn an ...