France and the United States and their allies have been antagonistic toward the Sahel Revolution, and have concurrently pursued a covert foreign policy, aimed at destabilising the Sahel States of Mali ...

The Secretary of State has determined and certified that Cuba did not fully cooperate with U.S. counterterrorism efforts in 2024 and should therefore be certified as a “not fully cooperating country” ...

(BANGKOK, May 14, 2025)—Malaysia, as the current Chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), should initiate emergency measures within the regional bloc to ban the sale and transfer ...

GENEVA (19 May 2025) – Two independent human rights experts on torture and indigenous peoples respectively* today sharply criticised state and territory youth justice systems in Australia, where ...

Whakatāne district councillor Gavin Dennis is seeking improvements to Matatā’s Moores Bridge after a debris flood overflowed the bridge causing State Highway 2 to be closed in March. The bridge ...

Efforts to protect Kaikōura’s Hutton’s shearwaters from bright lights have led to a top astronomy award. Nicky McArthur was recently awarded the Bright Star Award by the Royal Astronomical Society of ...

In the wake of the country’s biggest visitor industry event Trenz, held this month in the city, Local Democracy Reporting looks at Rotorua’s path to tourism recovery. Five years ago lives changed as ...

Learning support in schools is at breaking point, with some schools fearing a child is going to die in their care because they cannot provide the appropriate supervision, according to a new report.

A Canterbury Catholic priest took his own life after 50 years in the clergy as his mental health deteriorated and financial pressure mounted. Father Geoff Gray was found by a concerned neighbour on ...

Environmentalists in the Cook Islands have criticised former Prime Minister and Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) head Henry Puna ...

An additional charge has been laid over a man’s death following an alleged assault at a Papatoetoe bus stop last month. On 27 April, 61-year-old Peter Te Kira was located with injuries at a bus stop ...

You are going to hear a lot about government spending this week. But how does it actually work? Where does the money come ...