It is understood that Ireland and some other EU states will announce formal recognition of Palestine once a peace initiative – expected in the coming weeks – is under way. Sources were reluctant to put a date on this but said it would be “sooner rather than later”, and was a matter of weeks rather than months....
Putin has had to rely on a clique of enablers across the globe, especially since his botched lightning attack on Kyiv at the start of the war bogged him down into a protracted conflict....
Concerned governments should impose targeted sanctions and suspend arms transfers to press the Israeli government to ensure access to humanitarian aid and basic services in Gaza, in accordance with Israel’s obligations under international law and the recent International Court of Justice order in South Africa’s genocide...
The Philippines has turned towards its longstanding military alliance with the US after multiple confrontations with China in the waters of the South China Sea....