The invisible forest is made up Of trees (of beeches/books Made up of leaves Turning Invisibly, this forest Through which we walk Determining our path, The tree trunks – the caudex – The codes Determi...

Prologue: Trump and the Pope The US-Israeli war against Iran / Persia did more than rain bombs on Iran, Lebanon and throughout the Middle East. It brought to light the theocratic proclivities of Trump...

Few concepts in contemporary international relations are invoked as often, or with as little precision, as ‘multipolarity’.

Last month, on March 24, Idris Robinson, a philosophy professor at Texas State University, filed a lawsuit against the university for wrongful termination and for violating his right to free speech. T...

Much of the criticism aimed at Trump for taking the United States  into the ruinous Iran war concerns his alleged authoritarian departure from constitutional norms. A loud chorus online and in the pre...

I have sought out the following to show that peace can be mutual across warring sides. The key is not to drift into maudlinness or sentimentality. Across both American and Iranian poetic traditions, a...

In a highly confrontational address to the UN Security Council, Russian Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia accused the European Union and foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas of deliberately escala...

April 22, 2026. Quezon City. On Earth Day, member groups of the EcoWaste Coalition pushed for accountability over the Navotas landfill fire, which continues to emit hazardous smoke, posing serious hea...

India is highly dependent on imported oil and gas coming mostly from the West Asia region which has been severely affected due to the US-Israeli war on Iran and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. T...

Hezbollah vowed to break the “Yellow Line” through resistance, confirming that it will not disarm. The post Israel establishes “Yellow Line” in southern Lebanon despite 10-day ceasefire deal appeared...

The France–Africa Summit is set to take place on May 11–12, 2026, framed around innovation and growth. However, progressive movements challenge this narrative, viewing it instead as part of a broader...

On Wednesday, April 29 at 12:00pm ET, please join us for an international webinar featuring the voices of women from Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, and the West Bank, who will speak about the widening war in th...

The US is restoring its unipolar hegemony over the hemisphere, beginning with its “quarter-sphere”, because there are no checks or balances. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth spoke in early March about “G...

Hormuz 21 April 2026 #2 lalasor Tue, 04/21/2026 - 23:16 Strait of Hormuz Tue, 04/21/2026 - 12:00 21 April 2026 The Pentagon announced that "overnight, U.S. forces conducted...

Washington 21 April 2026 #3 lalasor Tue, 04/21/2026 - 23:15 Washington Tue, 04/21/2026 - 12:00 21 April 2026 The Pentagon announced that "overnight, U.S. forces conducted a...

Washington 21 April 2026 #2 lalasor Tue, 04/21/2026 - 23:14 Washington Tue, 04/21/2026 - 12:00 21 April 2026 President Trump asserted: "Iran can get themselves on a very go...

Washington 21 April 2026 #1 lalasor Tue, 04/21/2026 - 23:13 Washington Tue, 04/21/2026 - 12:00 21 April 2026 The U.S. sanctioned against "fourteen individuals, entities and...

Hormuz 21 April 2026 #1 lalasor Tue, 04/21/2026 - 23:12 Strait of Hormuz Tue, 04/21/2026 - 12:00 21 April 2026 Iran's foreign minister stated that "blockading Iranian ports...

In a vote split down partisan lines, Republicans on a key committee on Tuesday began the process of replacing the Corporate Transparency Act’s requirements to disclose the true owners of shell compani...

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Recalling the sacrifices made by Cubans alongside the combatants of the liberation movements in Africa, protesters expressed unconditional solidarity with Cuba, and condemned the illegal US blockade c...

Reacting to the EU’s failure to call for a vote to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement or to agree on any other concrete measures today at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg, Erika G...

After French MEP Rima Hassan was targeted over a Palestine solidarity post, reports revealed months-long surveillance amid ongoing pressure on movement. The post Palestine solidarity movement in Franc...

New research by 350.org shows that on top of soaring energy bills, fossil fuels cost households an additional $12 trillion a year in taxpayer handouts, health impacts and extreme weather damage – equ...

The Environmental Working Group today filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming the Environmental Protection Agency is unlawfully delaying a response to the group’s petition seeking stricter limits i...

The Federal Reserve released its April 2026 Beige Book, which provides economic commentary from each of the 12 Federal Reserve Districts. In this month’s report, the first since the start of Trump’s...

Uncertainty surrounds possible US-Iran talks in Pakistan, with no confirmation yet that they will go ahead. At the same time, tensions persist in the Strait of Hormuz, raising concerns over maritime s...

Three years into the devastating conflict in Sudan, nearly four million displaced people have returned to their places of origin across the country, only to face “another struggle for survival”, the U...

The four candidates so far in the running to be the next UN Secretary-General will each have the chance to show why they are the best choice during a series of “interactive dialogues” taking place at...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has again urged governments to step up the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy as war and climate risks create unprecedented challenges. 

Young Palestinians in Gaza with university-level educations are setting aside dreams of putting their hard-won skills into practice and doing whatever they can to survive. 

The idea that humanity and the environment are separate facilitates wartime environmental destruction, argue Samira Siddique and Simon Watkins. But it can also help us understand why communities must...

On 19 April, the Gimpo-based Jumma community celebrated the Boishuk Sangrai Bizu festival, also known as Boisabi, for the 21st time in Korea, at the Hangang New Town Lake Park in South Korea. This is...

by Nava Thakuria As Assam completed the single-phase, largely peaceful polling on 9 April 2026 to elect 126 representatives for the State legislative assembly, the focus shifted to the probable outcom...

George and Ian discuss the November 2025 US National Security Strategy and how Trump’s failed Iran war has done many of the things the Strategy promised that America would not do. Adding to that, effo...

In the context of the present Cuba crisis, the 65th anniversary of the infamous Bay of Pigs debacle takes on renewed and immediate significance. The CIA-organized paramilitary effort to roll back the...

Responding to the Fijian authorities’ announcement that a man, Jone Vakarisi, died in military custody on 17 April, Amnesty International’s Pacific Researcher Kate Schuetze said: “The information prov...

The world is on the brink of a perilous new era, driven by powerful states’, corporations’ and anti-rights movements’ assaults on multilateralism, international law and human rights, Amnesty Internati...

Throughout 2025, voracious predators stalked through our global commons, hulking hunters plundering unjust trophies. Political leaders like Trump, Putin and Netanyahu, among many others, carried out t...

More than a thousand young leaders, innovators, and advocates from around the world convened on 14-16 April at the 2026 UN ECOSOC Forum—the United Nations’ largest annual youth gathering in New York—t...

Kumara Jayakody stepped down after the president launched an inquiry into a multimillion-dollar contract that worsened the country's energy crisis and dented the new government's anti-corruption image...

The Center for Biological Diversity, The Protect Our Communities Foundation and the Environmental Working Group have appealed to the California Supreme Court to overturn the state’s new rooftop solar...

Gulf and environmental groups sued the Trump administration today over its approval of BP’s new ultra-deepwater oil drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico. The project endangers the health of Gulf r...

Fiji police have opened a murder investigation into the death of a drug suspect in military custody after a leaked death certificate challenged the army’s claim that he died of natural causes.

Ensuring Indigenous Peoples’ access to healthcare, including during conflict, is the theme for a major meeting that opened at United Nations Headquarters in New York on Monday. 

The UN and European Union issued a joint warning on Monday that human development across Gaza has been set back by a staggering 77 years, with $71.4 billion needed over the next decade for recovery an...

As governments gather in Colombia for the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels amid ongoing wars, fragile ceasefires, spiralling military spending and a global energy crisis, Ellie...

This week, TRR had the pleasure of speaking with the eminent scholar of Russia, Richard Sakwa, emeritus professor of politics at the University of Kent in the UK. His new book (his fifth since 2020) i...

Yuhi Shimada was elected as an IPB Council member in October 2025.

Terry Rockefeller was elected as an IPB Council member in October 2025.

Sahlim Charles was elected as an IPB Council member in October 2025.

Sergio Bassoli was elected as an IPB Council member in October 2025.

Nathaniel Msen Awuapila was elected as an IPB Council member in October 2025.

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Media Advisory United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 25th Session: 20 April – 1 May 2026 The 25th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII25) – a two-we...

Media Advisory Financing for Development Week at UN to drive urgent action on implementation of the Sevilla Commitment  Sevilla Commitment offers concrete solutions to address SDG financing crisis UN...

For investigative journalists, beneficial ownership data is a proven weapon against crime and corruption. But with public registries closed across the continent — and a key reform deadline likely to b...

Reacting to an intensifying campaign of repression against Gen Z activists and civil society members by Madagascar’s military authorities, which took power following a coup in October 2025, Amnesty In...

Government officials representing more than 20 nuclear-weapon-free nations in Asia and the Pacific are meeting in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, this week to discuss the urgent need to eliminate nuc...

On 25 March, SIPRI convened a roundtable discussion at the Paris Defence and Strategy Forum to examine the role of development cooperation in national security strategies.

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UN independent human rights experts called on Thursday for justice and accountability for young women and girls who were trafficked systematically as part of allegations contained in the so-called Eps...

SIPRI is pleased to release a new Conversations video featuring Dr Miranda Smith, Researcher in SIPRI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Programme, on preventing biological weapons proliferation.

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Foreign ministers from across the world met in Berlin on Wednesday to show support for Sudan, where a fourth year of brutal warfare has begun as humanitarian needs deepen. 

Six-time Trinidad and Tobago archery champion, Anthurium Lewis, has told UN News how sport helped her overcome age barriers in environmental advocacy and how in the future it can contribute to reachin...

As we confront increasingly complex and interconnected crises - from climate change to the AI revolution - the leadership and voices of young people have never been more vital, says the UN. 

Measles vaccinations have saved nearly 20 million lives in Africa since the year 2000 and more than 500 million children were protected through routine immunisation, but the continent remains offtrack...

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A former British head of NATO and co-author of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review has called on Keir Starmer to cut welfare spending further to fund Britain’s war drive. George Robertston, who was Tony...

SIPRI Researcher Lauriane Héau delivered a presentation at the Arms Trade Treaty working group meetings held in Geneva on 16–19 March.

Elaine Donderer reports on the first in-person event of the European Citizen Science Association’s new working group on citizen science in areas affected by armed conflicts, which took place at the As...

Implementing the women, peace, and security (WPS) agenda and mainstreaming gender have the potential to make UN peacekeeping operations more operationally effective, including by improving situational...

As the shaky ceasefire continues in the Middle East, the US and Iran are preparing for talks in Pakistan this weekend, with US Vice President JD Vance set to lead the US delegation. Iran's enriched ur...

The African Union’s admission to the G20 as a permanent member in 2023 marked a major milestone in global economic governance, giving the continent its first collective seat at one of the most influen...

IPI and the Permanent Mission of the Netherlands to the United Nations cohosted a policy forum, “Examining the Role of the Peacebuilding Fund in UN Peace Operation Contexts” on April 9th.The UN Peaceb...

Hiroshima Prefecture and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (“ICAN”), the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, will hold the Hiroshima-ICAN Academy on Nuclear Weapons and Global Securit...

At a time where many are questioning the extent and value of legal protection for the environment during war, Lydia Millar explores the potential of IHL’s due regard rule for minimising harm, and why...

On 16–17 March, SIPRI, the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security (UNTFHS) and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) hosted the third of three in-person dialogues in the Nordic...

CND Vice-Chair Carol Turner analyses the recently announced ceasefire in the context of the Trump administration’s wider policy on Iran. The acceptance by the United States and Iran of a Pakistan-brok...

As the UN reexamines the future of its peace operations amid shifting geopolitical dynamics and financial constraints, greater attention is being paid to how to leverage peacebuilding tools, including...

Zareen Taj, from Lakenheath Alliance for Peace, reports back on their very successful Peace Camp 2026. Taking place between Wednesday April 1st to Monday April 6th, our Peace Camp 2026 brought togethe...

I am proud to work for an organisation advocating for nuclear disarmament. My work covers: • Bookkeeping & Transactions: Recording financial transactions in systems (Sage), processing invoices, managi...

We welcome the two-week ceasefire between Iran and the US. Trump and Netanyahu’s war has been a brutal and illegal onslaught on the people of Iran and Lebanon. It has created humanitarian disaster, de...

On 24–25 March, SIPRI and Uppsala University’s Forum for Africa Studies co-organized the fourth Sahel Symposium on ‘Academic Collaborations and Civic Liberties in the Sahel’.

Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant has been targeted four times since the United States-Israel war on Iran began more than a month ago. And the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of “catastrop...

In January 2025, Another Development Foundation (ADF), Sweden, became an affiliated partner of World BEYOND War (WBW). #WorldBEYONDWar The post Another Development Foundation and World BEYOND War appe...

This seems like an April Fool's Day story, and I did always used to write those. But it isn't. And it's going to be a growing list. I'm going to add to it here on future days, I hope. You can help add...

Early on the morning of 14 March we scrambled onto our bus and travelled from Aberdeen to Faslane, stopping at Dundee, Perth and Stirling to welcome aboard an enthusiastic bunch of peace protestors. #...

The mixed messages raise questions as to whether Canada is actually preventing the weapons parts from being exported to Israel — or simply trying to remove public documentation of the transfer. #World...

We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, commit to developing a mass movement across the United States demanding an end to the use of our tax dollars to fund genocide and empire once and for...

Asking the softly spoken, veteran humanitarian worker Philippe Lazzarini how he feels as he comes to the end of his second term as the head of the UN agency for Palestinians, UNRWA, is perhaps an unfa...

Fears are mounting for civilians caught up in Sudan’s deadly war between rival militaries as attacks intensify and humanitarian access shrinks, following a deadly airstrike on a funeral gathering in W...

A month into the Israeli-US war against Iran we summarise current and emerging conflict trends and their potential implications for people and the environment.

This year’s report identifies two opposing trends: nuclear arsenals are growing, even as more countries choose to reject nuclear weapons and join the ban treaty.

Why the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Matters: Sharpeville, Racism and the World We Are Living InFriday 20 March 2026At a time of polycrisis, with war and militarism o...

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Volume 82, Issue 2, March 2026.

Volume 82, Issue 2, March 2026.

The escalating war in the Middle East has heightened growing concerns about further civilian suffering and displacement in the region and far beyond, UN agencies said on Friday.

There has been an alarming escalation of violence in the Kordofan region where fighting has killed and injured civilians, destroyed homes, hospitals and other civilian infrastructure. 

Stop Attacking Iran, End the Cycle of ViolenceWednesday 4 March 2026The PPU joins peace campaigners across the world - along with most people in the UK, US and elsewhere - in condemning the US and Isr...

IPI, together with the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, co-hosted a public discussion on “Peace Operations and Peacebuilding: Supporting Effective UN Transitions for Sustaining Peace”...

On the fourth day of Israeli and United States airstrikes against Iran and amid growing violence and instability in the Middle East, the UN urgently called for protection of civilians and warned of gr...

Medicinal plants and their varied uses span from ancient medicine to modern cosmetics and pharmaceuticals amid a surging demand for more.

Reports on Friday that major cities in Afghanistan have been bombed by the Pakistan military in a new escalation between the two countries have raised fears for civilians already struggling under the...

A 2018 agreement that aims to strengthen international cooperation on migration management must become reality, the UN Secretary-General said on Friday in New York. 

The UN on Thursday condemned the latest attacks against civilians in Ukraine by Russian forces, reiterating that they always constitute a violation of international law “and must stop immediately.” 

Funding shortfalls are putting the lives of more than 1.9 million displaced people in South Sudan at risk amid rising humanitarian needs, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wed...

Despite global progress in strengthening land tenure and governance, more than a billion people worldwide – nearly one in four adults – fear they could lose the rights to some or all of their land and...

Concerns have been raised about the “coercive” repatriation from Tanzania of Burundian refugees, many of whom do not want to return to their home country.

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has received credible reports of civilian casualties following airstrikes carried out by Pakistan inside Afghanistan late on 21 February and into the e...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres highlighted the key role science has in international governance of artificial intelligence during an event on Friday held on the margins of the AI Impact Summit...

The world has “entered the age of clean energy” and renewables are now the cheapest, fastest and safest source of new electricity almost everywhere, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a vid...

After a year that saw heavy monsoon floods, prolonged drought and dry spells, and a surge in violence, 7.5 million people in Pakistan face high levels of food insecurity and malnutrition according to...

Climate inaction, biodiversity loss and rising emissions are pushing Asia and the Pacific further off course on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the region set to miss nearly nine out of...

The future of artificial intelligence “cannot be decided by a handful of countries or left to the whims of a few billionaires,” the UN Secretary-General told the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on Thurs...

More than 60 years after the UN launched its formal decolonization drive, Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday urged renewed commitment to completing the unfinished business of ending colonial...

'Weapons not welcome in our city': Arms fair faces renewed protests in BirminghamFriday 6 February 2026An arms fair at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre (NEC) has once again drawn determined pro...

The PPU Winter Appeal 2025Friday 12 December 2025Help us build a culture of peace - in 2026 and beyond! The world needs a culture of peace. At a time of record civilian conflict deaths, global instabi...

Russian and Ukrainian conscientious objectors speak outThursday 11 December 2025On 9th December 2025, conscientious objectors (COs) from both Russia and Ukraine spoke to an online audience of over 100...

Mass Displacement since October 7, 2023: Flight from War, Genocide, and Expulsion in Gaza, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, and the West Bank Paper mhealy5@brown.edu September 29, 2025 David Vine October 7, 202...

The Human Toll of the Gaza War: Direct and Indirect Death from 7 October 2023 to 3 October 2025 Paper mhealy5@brown.edu October 2, 2025 Neta C. Crawford October 7, 2025 As of October 3, 2025, accordin...

Fair Lifestyle Targets SGR Admin Thu, 02/01/2024 - 16:36     SIGN UP Signing up to these targets will show your commitment to a fair, sustainable lifestyle. Signing up to all 10 would commit to an equ...

A Science Oath for the Climate: Text and Signing stuart Tue, 11/10/2020 - 10:15 A science oath for the climate: a pledge of scrutiny, integrity and engagement Science has no higher purpose than to und...

The Climate Strike - why we should all stop work to start change andrew Tue, 09/17/2019 - 16:50 Climate change and energy ResponsibleSci blog It can seem odd that a refusal to act is a good way to mot...

Cars and climate change: the need for more ambition andrew Tue, 11/27/2018 - 11:37 Climate change and energy Newsletter articles Ahead of the next global climate talks in Poland, Prof John Whitelegg,...

The risks of the new EU Defence Fund stuart Mon, 11/19/2018 - 12:09 Security and disarmament Other documents Scientists for Global Responsibility is one of 42 European civil society organisations warn...