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The most recent talks between Iran and five permanent members of the UN Security Council, Britain, France, Russia, China and the United States plus Germany, over Iran’s nuclear programme took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 5 April and ended a day later without...

Today is World Water Day, the official United Nations Day for raising awareness of the vital role that water plays in communities around the world. The theme for this year’s activities is ‘water cooperation’, with the aim of highlighting the cross-border nature of...

In 2009, Sri Lanka’s government herded hundreds of thousands of the minority ethnic Tamil community onto a small bit of land that they described as a ‘safe zone’, and then relentlessly bombed it. At least 40,000 were killed. Last November, the UN admitted that,...

As the death toll continues to spiral, how should we assess Labour’s policy on Syria to date, and is there room for improvement? An extensive five-month report commissioned by the UN revealed last week that the generally accepted death toll of around 40,000 in Syria...