International issues

Former British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, famed linguist and dissident Noam Chomsky and others gave testimony Friday at the Belmarsh Tribunal in Washington, D.C., calling on President Biden to drop charges against Julian Assange. The…

A poorly maintained tradition begun with the Monroe Doctrine was that of supporting Latin American democracies. This was the popular tradition that sprinkled the U.S. landscape with monuments to Simón Bolívar, a man once treated in the United States as…

Incidents of poaching related to rhinoceros in various forest reserves of Assam in northeast India have decreased drastically. Brutal laws against the poachers, strengthening of ground staff inside the protected forest areas, and increasing public awareness in the fringe localities…

February 19, New Anti-Interventionist Coalition To March To White House from Lincoln Memorial. By John V. Walsh On February 19, Washington, DC, will witness a protest against the war in Ukraine that marks a sharp departure from past demonstrations. The…

Since last December, the United States has begun to replace its nuclear weapons on European soil with more modern ones. It is replacing the B61-3, B61-4 and B61-7 thermonuclear bombs with the B61-12, which has become the main US and…

Rally in front of the New York Public Library at noon followed by a march to the U.S. Mission at 799 United Nations Plaza to deliver the message that the United States must join the Treaty. A coalition of antinuclear…

His Holiness, Pope Francis Apostolic Palace 00120 Vatican City Your Holiness, Greetings from the grouping of Political and Social Leaders of the World to Stop the Danger of Nuclear War, initiated by the Schiller Institute in Germany. We have met…

Groups across the US will be holding vigils, takes and demonstrations this coming weekend to mark the second anniversary of entry into force on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). In Washington, DC we will be hanging…

An alliance of voices from the frontlines and for the environment Super Typhoons. Flash Floods. Forest Fires. Drought. While the challenges of climate change are global, the impacts and the solutions are often highly local. Communities therefore, need trusted information…

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reports that Rohingya refugees are being subjected to police abuse in Bangladesh, where they have settled after fleeing repression in Myanmar. The rights organisation said the Armed Police Battalion of Bangladesh (APBN) extorts, arbitrarily detains and…