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Fault Lines travels to Iran to investigate the human cost of Israel’s attacks and the risk of another war.
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María Corina Machado reappeared on the global stage as the Trump administration ramped up its pressure campaign against President Nicolás Maduro.
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Critics say Syria’s fledgling government is hobbling military preparedness as it redoes the country’s forces from scratch.
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The fighting in Congo continues despite Washington’s claims to have brokered an end to the conflict.
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Many single moms and their children are trapped there. She was adamant that her daughter wouldn’t be among them.
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The atmospheric river over the Pacific Northwest brought a deluge to British Columbia, forcing road closures and evacuations in Canada.
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Diplomatic efforts have stalled as Britain, France and Germany try to push President Trump away from a proposal to end the conflict that would favor Russia.
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UNITED NATIONS, December 11 (IPS) – When there was widespread speculation that a UN Under-Secretary-General (USG), a product of two prestigious universities– Oxford and Cambridge– was planning to run for the post of Secretary-General back in the 1980s, I pointedly asked him to confirm or deny the rumor during an interview in the UN delegate’s […]
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GENEVA, December 11 (IPS) – Human rights are underfunded, undermined and under attack. And yet. Powerful. Undeterred. Mobilizing.This year no doubt has been a difficult one. And one full of dangerous contradictions. Funding for human rights has been slashed, while anti-rights movements are increasingly well-funded. Read the full story, “Funding for Human Rights Organizations – […]
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UNITED NATIONS, December 11 (IPS) – Over the course of 2025, global civic space conditions have deteriorated sharply, with most countries experiencing some degree of obstructed civil liberties. As authoritarian governments strengthen their hold and have even escalated the use of military force to suppress public dissent, civilians report facing increasing limitations of freedoms of […]
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María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader, greeted supporters in the Norwegian capital, hours after missing the ceremony at which she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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The levies are set to take effect on 1 January and will apply to goods like cars, clothing and appliances.
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Both sides have accused each other of violating international law as they await a promised phone call from Donald Trump.
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The number of teenagers involved in the drugs trade has quadrupled in eight years, the government says.
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King Juan Carlos I of Spain abdicated and left for exile years ago. Now, his attempted comeback is giving his family a royal headache.
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The tariffs will apply to goods from China and other nations. Washington has been pressuring Mexico to move away from dealing with China.
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Storm threatens hundreds of thousands of displaced people left homeless in Gaza due to Israel’s war on territory.
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María Corina Machado, who spent over a year in hiding in Venezuela, greeted supporters in Oslo, hours after her daughter accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in her name.
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Russia has claimed to be in full control of Pokrovsk but Ukrainian forces say they still control northern part of city.
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Venezuela condemns the operation as an act of “international piracy”, vowing never to be an “oil colony”.
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The Republican renewed his threats against Colombia, blaming its left-wing leader for the country’s cocaine production.
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Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado, who has been in hiding since January, arrives in Oslo after a secretive journey.
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PM Luís Montenegro appears to have been taken aback by the strength of feeling against his government’s labour reforms.
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In a world of turbulence and doubt, one promise remains. In 1948, nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Read the full story, “Human Right Day 2025”, on globalissues.org →
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Officials warn hundreds of thousands of Palestinians lacking shelter are at risk as heavy rains lash the Strip.
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Between the neighbours is a gulf of mistrust that has proven near impossible to bridge.
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Thailand says ordnance replanted by Cambodia has injured or maimed more than a dozen of its soldiers. Cambodia rejects the accusation.
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The plan would affect people from countries, including the UK, who can fill out a form in lieu of a visa.
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The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado supports the use of force to overthrow her country’s government.
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The seizure comes as the United States builds up its forces in the Caribbean as part of a pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro, the leader of Venezuela.
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The Southern Transitional Council has seized control of parts of Yemen over the past week, with ambitions to create a “south Arabian state.”
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Investigators said that a security camera recorded thieves preparing to burgle the Louvre, but that guards didn’t watch the feed in time. The museum’s director had previously said the camera was facing the wrong way.
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Even visitors from countries like Britain and France, whose citizens don’t need visas, would be required to share five years’ worth of social media.
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The judge has ordered control of the the troops, which were deployed in June, to be returned to California’s governor.
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Iceland joins Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and the Netherlands in saying it will boycott the 2026 contest.
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NAIROBI, December 10 (IPS) – A new study and interactive dashboard released today in Nairobi at the seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) finds that current international financial flows remain billions of dollars short of what is required to achieve the global biodiversity target of protecting and conserving at least 30 percent […]
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Terrified residents say heavy artillery and gunfire has hit Uvira, the gateway to Burundi.
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The US Treasury said the network of four entities and four individuals is primarily Colombian.
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who lives in hiding, is reportedly safe and on her way to Oslo.
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