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Scientists just mapped 110 quadrillion kilometers of hidden fungal threads underground, weighing about five times all humans combinedVast underground fungal networks, stretching billions of times to the sun, exist in Earth's soil. These hyphae, finer than hair, weigh more...
America's subpar diplomats aren't the world's only choiceThe United Nations, once a global peace beacon, now struggles for relevance. Superpower politics and a decline in multilateralism have dimi...
Some 287 nominated for 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, Trump likely among themThe 2026 Nobel Peace Prize has 287 candidates. Donald Trump is a potential nominee. The committee is concerned about jailed laureate Narges...
Marred by controversy, light on reforms: Nepal's 'super PM' Balen Shah completes one month in officeNepal's new "super Prime Minister" Balendra Shah navigates a challenging first month. Despite an ambitious reform agenda, his government fa...
Human rights are under assault, says UN Secretary General Antonio GuterresUnited Nations chief Antonio Guterres has warned that human rights are facing a global assault. He cited severe abuses and civilian sufferi...
At least 6,000 killed over 3 days during RSF attack on Sudan's el-Fasher, UN saysSudanese paramilitary forces committed widespread atrocities in Darfur. Over 6,000 people were killed in el-Fasher. The United Nations repo...
A dramatic shift in Sudan’s brutal civil warSudan's military has confirmed its withdrawal from El Fasher in Darfur. Paramilitary fighters now control the city. Human rights groups rep...
Rules of war being 'shredded' amid global rights violations, says UN human rights chiefThe UN human rights chief, Volker Turk, has cautioned about the erosion of human rights and the international order due to the glorificatio...
Trump administration poised to ramp up deportations to distant countriesThe fate of eight migrants deported to war-torn South Sudan by the Trump administration is unknown. The US claims no responsibility. South ...
Sexual violence on 'staggering' scale in Sudan civil war: UN probeRape and sexual violence are rampant in Sudan's civil war, with the UN accusing paramilitary groups, particularly RSF, of widespread abuses...
How Arab fighters carried out a rolling ethnic massacre in SudanArab tribal leaders have denied engaging in ethnic cleansing in El Geneina, and the RSF has said it has no involvement in the tribal confli...
UN warns Sudan faces 'full-scale civil war' as air raid kills 22Conflict-torn Sudan is on the brink of a "full-scale civil war" that could destabilise the entire region, the United Nations warned Sunday,...
Sudan's military chief freezes bank accounts of rival paramilitary group amid truce attemptsIt remains unclear what immediate effect the freezing would have on the RSF and how Burhan's orders are to be enforced. Over the past decad...
Amnesty International criticises India's sedition lawIn its annual human rights report, the UK-based NGO said, "Human rights activists and journalists (in India) faced intimidation and attacks...
Wall Street investors, Chinese firms & Gulf Sheikhs are buying farmlandA growing number of cos and investors - Wall Street traders, Chinese state corporations, Gulf Sheikhs - have been buying up farmland abroad.
3 Indians killed in attack on UN base in South SudanThree Indian peacekeepers were killed when attackers stormed a United Nations base in South Sudan where civilians had taken refuge.
- US fund house exits ONGC over Sudan investments
US fund house TIAA-CREF has exited Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and other Chinese energy firms over their investments in war-torn Sudan,...
- US lawmakers consider Olympic rights message to China
A resolution has been introduced in the US House of Representatives asking China to end human rights abuses.
- McCain’s wife gives in to pressure, dumps MF that invested in ONGC
After US President George W Bush’s remarks on the Indian middle class, the limelight in the US seems to have now turned to ONGC and its pre...
- Human rights organisations call for Darfur arrests
International human rights organisations on Friday launched a campaign calling for the arrest of two leading Sudanese war crimes suspects, ...