The US remains the world's largest defence spender, which allocated nearly $1 trillion to its war machinery in 2024

Half-hearted efforts relying on businesses to make economies greener are not sufficient

Conflicts invariably cause havoc in the lives of ordinary people

Gender barriers which undermine the productivity and well-being of rural women need to be better understood

Sweeping aid cuts are taking amidst an intensification of tensions across already stressed regions

China’s influence in the Muslim world has grown significantly over the past decade or so

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The idea of importing Iranian gas via a pipeline began being discussed back in the mid-1990s.

Britain's aid cuts coincide with similar moves by other European countries

Some of the statistics cited in the open letter are indeed alarming.