There must be cross-party commitment to passing the 0.7% international aid bill
Today is an opportunity to help deliver (possibly the only) promise that was in all three Parties’ manifestos
Brexit & Foreign Policy
“I want to lie down next to them and stay here forever” – Srebrenica 17 years on
Seventeen years ago this week, more than eight thousand Bosnian Muslim men and boys were massacred in Srebrenica.
International engagement with Israel’s trade unions is essential to the peace process
The Histadrut, the Israeli TUC, plays a vital role in working for a two-state solution – British trade unions should work to build ties with it, not break them.
Forty-four years after Mexico City ’68, Tommie Smith still fights injustice
Tommie Smith and John Carlos’s Black Power salute at the 1968 Olympics is a defining image of the civil rights era. Now, a new film commemorates their actions.
Hollande says UK’s future lies within Europe
David Cameron rolled out the red carpet for François Hollande’s visit to the UK yesterday, in his official visit as French President.
The Middle East must work to implement a WMD-free zone
If we are to be comfortable with the world which we hand down to future generations then we need a unified vision of a world free from nuclear weapons.
The government’s Family Planning Summit must aim higher
Shadow minister for international development Rushanara Ali MP writes on how women and girls must be at the centre of development work
As Spanish bond yields break 7%, the eurozone banking deal begins to unravel
A week ago, Spain secured an advantageous bank deal to drive down soaring bond yields: today, Spanish securities broke the 7% threshold. What’s gone wrong?
Six EU countries support intervention in Syria – why isn’t the UK one of them?
Tory-led Britain continues to ‘sit on the fence’ when the war criminals of Syria should be sitting in the dock
Fins ain’t what they EUsed to be: Finland’s finance minister hints at a euro exit
Finland’s finance minister Jutta Urpilainen said the country would rather leave the single currency than pay the debts of other countries.