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Nov
18
2025
By MICHELLE BURGIS-KASTHALA
Trump’s Gaza peace plan faces a pivotal UN Security Council vote. Can it get across the line?

Trump’s Gaza peace plan faces a pivotal UN Security Council vote. Can it get across the line?

WORLD
THE UN Security Council is set to vote on a US-proposed draft resolution in New York on Monday that sets the groundwork for the next stage of President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza to be put into force. Over the last few weeks, Russia, China and various regional states have been pushing for amendments to a draft that was first circulated in early November. The key contention has centred on a proposed transitional authority – the so-called Board of Peace, chaired by Trump himself – with sweeping governance powers devoid of any Palestinian participation or endorsement. The latest…
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Nov
18
2025
By OWN CORRESPONDENT
Sheikh Hasina: the rise and fall of Bangladesh’s political titan

Sheikh Hasina: the rise and fall of Bangladesh’s political titan

WORLD
THE turbulent saga of Sheikh Hasina's political career epitomises the rise and fall of a woman who once epitomised power in Bangladesh, only to face the ignominy of a death sentence and exile. From her early days as a survivor in the aftermath of her father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's, assassination to her decades-long dominance as Prime Minister, Hasina's journey has been as tumultuous as it is emblematic of Bangladesh's own fractious political landscape. Initially celebrated for her resilience and her role in navigating Bangladesh through economic growth and international acclaim - particularly for sheltering Rohingya refugees - Hasina's tenure was…
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Nov
18
2025
By CRISTIANA BERTAZONI and TIM WEGENAST
Indigenous voices at COP30: The Amazon speaks – will the world listen?

Indigenous voices at COP30: The Amazon speaks – will the world listen?

WORLD
FOR the first time in the history of UN climate conferences, COP30 will take place in a rainforest. President Lula da Silva has described this symbolic venue as a clear political message: the world should listen to the Amazon and its people. His Minister of the Environment, Marina Silva, adds that the forest can “show us the way.” It is a welcome and long-overdue step to bring Indigenous peoples and local communities closer to climate negotiations. Traditionally organised societies and their institutions, across the Amazon and worldwide, play a crucial role in climate adaptation, biodiversity conservation, and environmental protection. Western…
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Nov
17
2025
By OWN CORRESPONDENT
Nine-nation coalition backs UN resolution charting Palestinian statehood path

Nine-nation coalition backs UN resolution charting Palestinian statehood path

WORLD
A powerful coalition of nine nations has thrown its weight behind a U.S.-drafted UN Security Council resolution that would formally endorse a comprehensive roadmap toward Palestinian statehood, setting up a potential showdown with hardline Israeli factions opposed to any Palestinian sovereignty. The joint statement from Qatar, the United States, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Jordan, and Turkey marks the most significant international push for Palestinian self-determination since the Gaza conflict escalated, leveraging the "Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict" announced in September and subsequently endorsed at a high-level summit in Sharm El Sheikh. "This is…
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Nov
17
2025
By TERRI RUPAR
40% of younger American women want to permanently leave the country

40% of younger American women want to permanently leave the country

WORLD
FORTY percent of American women and girls age 15 to 45 say they want to permanently move to another country — an opinion shared by just 19 percent of boys and men that age. And being married and having children doesn’t make a huge difference in that desire, even though it has in the past.  The share of American women and girls aged 15 to 44 who would like to move permanently to another country if they had the opportunity:  45 percent of single women 41 percent of married women 44 percent of those who do not have children  40…
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Nov
17
2025
By IHSAN YILMAZ and NICHOLAS MORIESON
The threat of sabotage from China is growing. That’s not an excuse to erode Australians’ freedoms

The threat of sabotage from China is growing. That’s not an excuse to erode Australians’ freedoms

WORLD
WARNINGS this week from the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) about sabotage threats marked an important shift in tone. And they raise important questions about how the Australian government should respond. Breaking from past practice, ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess said Chinese state-linked hackers have scanned, mapped and in some cases infiltrated Australian critical infrastructure. According to Burgess, these groups are no longer focused on stealing information. They are preparing to disrupt or shut down key systems in a future crisis. For many years, ASIO avoided naming specific countries in public. For the first time, Burgess described Chinese hackers trying to…
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Jan
27
2026
By RICHARD NEDJAT-HAIEM
Googoosh, the ‘Voice of Iran,’ has gone quiet – and that’s her point

Googoosh, the ‘Voice of Iran,’ has gone quiet – and that’s her point

WORLD
BEFORE Beyoncé, before Cher, before Madonna, there was Googoosh. The 75-year-old Iranian megastar catapulted to stardom in Iran during the 1970s, only to be silenced by the Islamist regime that took power after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. In 2000, she was finally allowed to leave Iran to live in exile. For Iranians – particularly those in the diaspora – Googoosh symbolises an era of cosmopolitanism in late-Pahlavi Iran, the period from the mid-1950s until 1979 when Iran’s popular music, cinema, television and fashion embraced modernity and questioned social norms. But as protests roil Iran and the nation’s clerical leaders find…
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Nov
15
2025
By GRACE PANETTA
The push to release the Epstein files moves forward

The push to release the Epstein files moves forward

WORLD
A bipartisan congressional effort to force the Justice Department to release all its files on the late disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein got the final signature it needed to move forward.  Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, a Republican, and Ro Khanna of California, a Democrat, joined forces on a resolution to compel the disclosure of the estimated 100,000 files the department has on Epstein, who died by suicide while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges in 2019. Now, the required number of House members have signed onto a procedural tool known as a discharge petition to…
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Nov
15
2025
By JONATHAN ESTE
Ukraine: battered by bombing and scarred by corruption

Ukraine: battered by bombing and scarred by corruption

WORLD
NIGHTLY, for months now, Ukraine’s cities have been pounded by relentless aerial attacks. In addition to its grinding and attritional ground offensives in the east and south of the country, since early summer, the Russian military has greatly expanded its air offensive against centres of population, looking to collapse morale and undermine the Ukrainian people’s will to fight on. And as winter approaches, those aerial bombardments have targeted Ukraine’s power infrastructure. This newsletter was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your…
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Nov
15
2025
By XOSÉ M. NÚÑEZ SEIXAS
How Russia came to see itself as Europe’s ‘antifascist’ saviour

How Russia came to see itself as Europe’s ‘antifascist’ saviour

WORLD
WHEN, exactly, did World War II end? The answer depends on where you are from. The war officially ended in the early hours of May 7 1945, when General Jodl signed Germany’s unconditional surrender at the Allied headquarters in Reims, effective from the following day. Thousands took to the streets in London, New York and other cities to celebrate. However, on May 8, the ceremony was repeated in Berlin in the presence of the Soviet Union’s Marshal Zhukov and representatives of the other Allied countries. Peace reigned from the following day onwards. The Red Army had conquered the German capital,…
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