Trump signs memorandum to withdraw US from the UN’s climate change treaty

On 7 January 2026, US President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum withdrawing the United States from 66 international and United Nations’ organisations, including the UNFCCC, the foundational international treaty that underpins

Israel Is Now the Only Developed Country Without a Declining Population

Across the developed world, birth rates are collapsing. Japan, Italy, South Korea, Spain, Germany, and much of the English-speaking West are now well below replacement level with some countries facing outright demographic contraction. Gover

Canada: Confront China’s Heightened Repression

(Ottawa) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney should make human rights a key focus of his visit to China from January 13 to 17, 2026, Human Rights Watch said today. Carney’s trip to China is the first by a Canadian prime minister in more t

Houthi Detentions Halting Aid in Crisis-Hit Yemen

(Beirut) – The Houthis’ stepped-up detentions of civil society and United Nations agency members has contributed to increasing the humanitarian aid crisis in Yemen, already one of the worst situations in the world, Human Rights Watch said t

Is Maduro’s arrest simply about stopping drugs?

Trump’s quiet war with Venezuela is more significant than people realise, Alex Newman explained last year in an interview with Greg Hunter, host of USA Watchdog. Nicolás Maduro, who was the President of Venezuela until his de facto removal