United-States

It is not just in Niger that anti-French and anti-Western sentiments have peaked. In three other states, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea such sentiments have...

Through Guantanamo, the US government disregards international law and has abused the rights of individuals who are still in detention there.

The United States has a large degree of economic inequality. Twenty percent of low-income families get only 3.8 percent of the country’s income and one fifth...

The engrained policies in the United States have disproportionately harmed non-white racial groups, especially Black Americans, including those leading to...

Reuters reported that the Biden administration is discussing lifting the ban on US sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia. Such a decision could increase...

On top of having less wealth than white Americans to begin with, Black Americans are both less likely to move up the economic ladder and more likely to slide...

Despite the ongoing toll on civilians, the US continues to sell weapons and provide training and logistical support to the coalition.

Seven years later, the war is no closer to an end than it was in 2015. At the same time, reconstruction efforts should begin even before the final peace...

International law is not being neglected in relation to Israeli crimes against humanity and war crimes in Palestine, it is being ignored, by Israel of course...

Suicide is a major national public health issue in the United States. The country has one of the highest suicide rates among wealthy nations. Reports...

Rather than using law enforcement means to address the horrible crimes of September 11, the Bush administration declared a “global war on terror” that...

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has called on the Biden administration to “end US COVID-19 asylum restrictions” and restore access to asylum “for...

Some governments resist the transition to a clean economy either because the costs of switching to renewable sources of energy are prohibitively high –...

Systemic racist police violence against people of African descent in the United States has resulted in a pattern of gross and reliably attested violations of...

Like wars, climate change, and economic disruption of all kinds, sanctions do tremendous damage to vulnerable people. The difference is that economic...

The General Assembly decided that a week of solidarity with the peoples struggling against racism and racial discrimination, beginning on 21 March, would be...

“The United States government should impose sanctions against the Crown Prince, as it has done for the other perpetrators – targeting his personal assets but...

UN special rapporteurs say they repeatedly raise concerns on use of excessive, lethal force in US police interventions.

The violent siege on the U.S. Capitol earlier this month provided the clearest evidence yet that far-right extremism is deeply entrenched across the country.

"Apartheid has a very clear definition in political science. It is a system of government, supported by laws that discriminate among people living on the...