Mass pager attacks ‘a terrifying violation of international law’

Mass pager attacks ‘a terrifying violation of international law’

UN legal experts say international law prohibits the use of booby traps,a category that could include modified civilian pagers.

  • byMatthew Knott

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‘We wanted to vote yes’:Australia expresses regret over UN Palestine vote

‘We wanted to vote yes’:Australia expresses regret over UN Palestine vote

Australia’s UN ambassador has insisted that,despite Australia’s vote,it is only a matter of time until an independent Palestinian state is recognised.

  • byMatthew Knott
After Vietnam,Typhoon Yagi came for war-ravaged Myanmar

After Vietnam,Typhoon Yagi came for war-ravaged Myanmar

Even before the typhoon,the UN estimated 18.6 million people out of a total population of 55 million needed humanitarian assistance.

  • byZach Hope
Bibi was given $4 a day to survive. Now that allowance has been cut to zero

Bibi was given $4 a day to survive. Now that allowance has been cut to zero

As humanitarian crises unfold around the globe,the United Nations is looking at its books.

  • byZach Hope andKaruni Rompies
Three decades after the genocide,Rwanda is a nation transformed

Three decades after the genocide,Rwanda is a nation transformed

Years after reporting on a broken country,a journalist revisits Rwanda to see its famous gorillas – and discovers a land in the midst of renewal.

  • byJennifer Byrne
Pacific in peril:UN urges Australia to block new coal and gas projects

Pacific in peril:UN urges Australia to block new coal and gas projects

The United Nations issued a global SOS on Tuesday,releasing new data showing global sea-level rises have doubled since the 1990s.

  • byBianca Hall
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Doomist or realist? Meet the scientist who says the climate collapse has already begun

Doomist or realist? Meet the scientist who says the climate collapse has already begun

Jem Bendell was made famous by his paper Deep Adaptation,in which he argued that climate collapse was inevitable. Now he says it has already begun.

  • byNick O'Malley
Heat records are toppling in the northern hemisphere. What does it mean for Australia’s summer?

Heat records are toppling in the northern hemisphere. What does it mean for Australia’s summer?

Temperatures have topped 50 degrees in 10 countries around the world in the past year,but Australia could experience a cooler,wetter summer.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
The extraordinary tale of how an oil state ended up hosting the world’s most important climate talks

The extraordinary tale of how an oil state ended up hosting the world’s most important climate talks

This year,it is the tiny petrostate of Azerbaijan,next year giant Brazil,and if the Albanese government gets its way,Australia will be next in line to host the climate Olympics.

  • byNick O'Malley
She helped Cambodians confront Khmer Rouge killers. Now,Helen’s on a new mission

She helped Cambodians confront Khmer Rouge killers. Now,Helen’s on a new mission

Decades on from Pol Pot’s murderous regime,renowned Australian researcher Helen Jarvis is seeking World Heritage listing for the “killing fields”.

  • byChris Ray
‘Unconscionable’:UN experts slam delay in compensating alleged Afghan war crime victims

‘Unconscionable’:UN experts slam delay in compensating alleged Afghan war crime victims

The experts also called on the Australian War Memorial in Canberra to stop celebrating disgraced soldier Ben Roberts-Smith after a damning defamation judgment.

  • byMatthew Knott