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U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to create a “small army to counter civil unrest across the United States,” according to The Washington Post, citing informed Pentagon sources.

Toddler killed by mould exposure in ‘defining moment for housing sector’ in UK

A two-year-old “engaging, lively, endearing” boy died from prolonged exposure to black mould in a Rochdale flat in the United Kingdom, a coroner has concluded, calling it a “defining moment” for the country's housing sector.

European Court of Human Rights declares UK’s mass surveillance regime unlawful

In a landmark judgment concerning state surveillance, the European Court of Human Rights has today found that the UK’s regime for the bulk surveillance of our telephone use, electronic communications and web activity violates the public’s right to pr...

Migrants hurl stones at French riot police in anger after officers slash and deflate dinghies being prepared for English Channel crossings

Migrants hurled stones at French riot police in anger after officers slashed and deflated dinghies being prepared for English Channel crossings this morning.

MP Speaks Mistruths About Asylum Seekers, Deportee Might Return To Iceland

Some more developments have arisen in the wake of a mass deportation of people seeking international protection in Iceland, which has prompted strong public condemnation.

Why Wests Sanctions Spree Directly Contradicts Its Own Climate Goals

Western sanctions appear to have hindered the growth of vulnerable developing economies and upended their progress in tackling climate change. One glaring example is Zimbabwe, whose economy has been crippled by severe restrictions, as Emmerson Mnanga...

Iran FM urges Sweden immediate release of Hamid Nouri

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in a telephone conversation with his Swedish counterpart urged immediate release of Hamid Nouri, an Iranian national who has been incarcerated in Sweden, warning of the consequences of his illegal deten...

What were Indigenous soldiers fighting for?

They didn’t serve out of a ‘quaint, naive sense of subservience’ to the Crown, says veteran and expert.

Femicide: ‘Police often do not take complaints from attacked women seriously’

he 23-year-old woman of Spanish descent who was killed in Brussels last week by what is believed to be her ex-partner is the 19th case of femicide in Belgium this year. A new law should address the issue at its root. But is that enough? Brussels shel...

Sweden: Step up efforts to fight systemic racism, urge UN experts

Sweden should step up efforts to fight systemic racism and focus on strategies to restore trust between police and minority groups, said a UN Human Rights Council-appointed group of independent experts on advancing racial justice and equality, on Fri...

In Britain, a jail sentence is often a death sentence. What’s going on in our prisons?

Last year, 371 people died behind closed doors. We want justice for them – and an end to a cruel, complacent system.