Essay: The Geneva Conventions at 75 – do the laws of war still have a fighting chance in today’s bloody world?
In an article first published on The Conversation, MARNIE LLOYDD, co-director of the New Zealand Centre for Public Law, looks at the Geneva Conventions and whether they are still fit for purpose…
War in Yemen: Fight for control of banks between rebels, government threatens to further wreck economy
FATMA KHALED and AHMED AL-HAJ, of Associated Press, report…
Economy, migration, war top voters’ concerns in EU election – survey
Brussels, Belgium Reuters The economy, migration and international conflicts were the top concerns for voters in the European Union election, data from the bloc’s biggest member countries suggested on Monday. Provisional results in the European Parliament election on Sunday night showed gains for nationalist and euro-sceptic parties that campaigned on tickets including clamp-downs on migration, […]
Essay: The UN has a “list of shame” for those who harm children in war – but who is missing?
In an article first published on The Conversation, SAMANTHA HOLMES, a research associate at the University of New York’s Centre for Applied Human Rights, looks at the “glaring omissions” from the UN list…
Gaza’s wasteland seen via bicycle after six months of war
Gaza Reuters Before the Gaza war erupted, the tiny enclave run by the Palestinian militant group Hamas was impoverished and densely populated, but full of life – restaurants, shops, makeshift soccer pitches, universities and hospitals. Six months after the conflict began, Reuters cameramen took bicycle rides along its ruined streets to gauge the destruction left […]
Pope calls for an end to wars, urges respect for civilians
Vatican City Reuters Pope Francis on Sunday urged respect for civilians in conflict areas and said people were tired of wars, which he called a “disaster for the peoples and a defeat for humanity”. After his weekly Angelus prayer in St Peter’s Square, the Pope said humanitarian aid must be allowed to flow in Myanmar […]
Pope says Holocaust Remembrance Day reminds world that war can never be justified
Rome, Italy AP/Reuters Pope Francis recalled the extermination of millions of Jews in calling Wednesday for the upcoming Holocaust Day of Remembrance to reaffirm that war can never be justified and only benefits weapons makers. At the end of his weekly general audience, Francis referred to Saturday’s commemoration, which has become fraught this year given Israel’s […]
North Korea’s Kim calls for change in status of South, warns of war
Seoul, South Korea Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday called for a constitutional amendment to change the status of South Korea to a separate state and warned that while his country doesn’t seek war, it didn’t intend to avoid it, state media KCNA reported on Tuesday. Kim said it was his final […]
Essay: Conflict pollution, washed-up landmines and military emissions – here’s how war trashes the environment
In an article first published on The Conversation, STACEY PIZZINO, JO DURHAM and MICHAEL WALLER, of The University of Queensland in Australia, look at the environmental costs of war…
UN aid chief calls for immediate release of hostages in Israel-Hamas war
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The head of the United Nations humanitarian relief agency on Tuesday called for the immediate release of all people who have been taken hostage in the war between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants. Martin Griffiths, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Kabul, […]