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Europe and the US are sending the message that human rights and international law apply to some, but not to others. This attitude makes the West morally bankrupt in the…

The attack on Israeli civilians by Hamas and Islamic Jihad was a war crime and a crime against humanity, but that is also true of the collective punishment Israel is…

EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, with European Parliament president Roberta Metsola, in Israel following the Hamas massacre on 7 October (Photo: EU Commission) Following the deadly 7 October…

A visibly-nervous Viktor Orban meeting Russian president Vladimir Putin in Beijing last week (Photo: Screengrab) The footage of the meeting between the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and his EU-ally Viktor…

Gaza, during the October 2023 Israeli bombing (Photo: UNRWA) Within the corridors of diplomacy, an unsettling silence hangs heavy when it comes to addressing the predicament of Gaza. This silence…

The EU estimates a need for an additional €477bn per year to 2030

Make no mistake: reusable packaging must be scaled up and implemented across Europe. For this to happen, we need to build infrastructure where there is none, and time to implement…

Anonymous Iranian women stand in solidarity against Tehran's veiling law (Photo: Amnesty International) Armita Garawand, a 16-year-old schoolgirl, remains in a coma after falling unconscious on 1 October 20

The UN Relief & Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees compound in Gaza (Photo: UNRWA) Devastating human loss, mass displacement, chaos, fear. Gaza had suffered many crises, but this one is…

Many in Europe — including MEPs, civil society organisations, academics as well as Jewish and Palestinian human rights advocates — are troubled by the commission chief&#0