Month: April 2019

On 27 March, security services in Crimea carried out the largest house search operation of Crimean Tatar homes since Russia annexed the peninsula in 2014. ““My only crime is that I am a Muslim”: mass terrorism arrests hit Crimean Tatar solidarity campaign”

Ending the sale of UK arms to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen “would be morally bankrupt and the people of Yemen would be the “Jeremy Hunt thinks it would be 'moral bankruptcy' NOT to arm Saudi Arabia. Sorry, what?”

I was very sorry to hear of the death of your friend in custody. It must have been a terrible shock for you and your “Letter from London: Why ISIS rejoices in Trump, Netanyahu and Brexit”

My book Security without Nuclear Deterrence, a new edition of which was published last year in the UK, explains my gradual rejection of pro-nuclear deterrence “The new nuclear deterrence and disarmament crisis”

A married US economist lost a High Court battle against his Thai bride over a Facebook picture she uploaded that he feared would out his secret relationship with “Thai bride wins battle to share ‘secret’ relationship with US economist on Facebook”

The government of former Burmese human rights champion, Aung San Suu Kyi, has failed to deliver justice for farmers whose land was confiscated over decades “Burmese farmers demand compensation for ‘stolen’ land”

A doctor has been formally reprimanded by the Dutch medical complaints board for carrying out euthanasia on a 74-year-old woman with dementia, despite her resistance. “Dutch doctor reprimanded for ‘asking family to hold down euthanasia patient’”

At least 14 people have reportedly been wounded, two of them seriously, in a knife attack on a bus in Germany. A suspect – believed “Knife attack on German bus: At least 14 wounded in stabbing in city of Luebeck”

Twelve Thai boys rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand will be discharged from hospital next week, health minister Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn said on Saturday. “Thai football team rescued from cave to be discharged from hospital next week”

Emmanuel Macron, the French President, is facing mounting pressure to explain his failure to order immediate legal action against a close aide filmed assaulting protesters, after “French interior minister shifts blame over ‘cover-up’ of assault by Macron aide”