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As Washington freezes contributions and Beijing and Moscow stall payments, the UN enters a liquidity spiral that threatens its human-rights work, peacekeeping, and even its basic survival.
New analysis suggests the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine plan wasn’t Ali Shihabi’s brainchild at all, but a quiet geopolitical trial balloon launched by Mohammed Bin Salman himself.
Australia’s AUKUS gamble is looking more like vassalage than strategy, with Canberra bankrolling US submarines it may never see - and obligations Washington may never honour.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman played coy on Palestinian statehood with Trump - despite quietly backing a radically different 'Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine' plan since 2020.
Trump has chosen the path of disastrous authoritarianism. What would it take to stop him from destroying our democracy and replacing it with a dictatorship?
MBS told the White House he wants a 'clear path' to a two-state solution. Israel rejects it, Jordan rejects it - and yet Riyadh quietly floated a radical alternative years ago. Is the real peace plan hiding in plain sight?
The Sudanese civil war is one of the greatest tragedies we are witnessing today. The international community is disgraceful for sitting on its hands, watching with indifference this ongoing humanitarian catastrophe.
As 'lawfare' spreads - from veterans fearing prosecution to courts reshaping climate and migration policy - the rule of law is being twisted into a tool that can paralyse governments.
A labour-hire firm led by a bikie gang boss. Inflated contracts. Luxury assets bought with taxpayer funds. New testimony reveals the disturbing machinery behind Australia’s Nauru deal.
Donald J. Trump’s decision to restart nuclear testing erodes U.S. moral authority, heightens global nuclear tensions, empowers proliferators, and reintroduces serious environmental dangers, representing a reckless departure from long-standing restraint.
The call by many heads of state to end human rights violations often rings hollow as the violators in so many countries continue to commit such crimes with impunity.
The BBC’s “error of judgment” in editing Trump footage has handed his legal team new ammunition - and raised hard questions about trust, bias, and the future of public broadcasting.
