By Sacha Perera Earlier this week, two prominent Cypriot government officials resigned following the release of Al Jazeera’s The Cyprus Papers Uncovered, a documentary exposing a corrupt citizenship investment scheme which sold EU passports and protection to convicted criminals and fugitives from around the world. Between 2017 and 2019, over 2,300 passports have been issued…

By Sacha Perera On Wednesday afternoon this week, an Athenian court found Golden Dawn, a far-right, neo-fascist political group, guilty of running a criminal organisation. The verdict concludes a five-and-a-half-year long trial against 68 members who, including the entirety of the entity’s leadership, are accused of four crimes and face sentences between five and fifteen…

By Sam Baker The recent decision of Alexei Navalny to return to Russia following an attack on his life with a Novichok nerve agent is not the first time he has stood up to Kremlin bullies. Despite recent polls indicating overwhelming  support for Russian President Vladimir Putin, the vaccine-bearing knight in shining armour is far…

After six years of political and social injustice, following a steady decline in Venezuela’s economy and legitimate democratic leadership, the United Nations has released a report concluding that the government of President Nicolás Maduro has infringed on the rights of its citizens. The United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner stated that “high-level…

By Emma Ogao A steady stream of water flows through the streets of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, following weeks of heavy rainfall and flooding. In some parts of the city, buildings lay completely submerged; and as streets turned into rivers, boats now act as the designated form of transport, calmly floating above the roads where cars…

By Robbie Sweeten In the wake of Jacob Blake being shot seven times in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the sporting world reacted nearly instantaneously. When the Milwaukee Bucks and Orlando Magic of the NBA refused to attend their playoff game, it ignited a chain reaction of sporting protest across the United States. Major leagues in baseball, tennis,…

By Nikki Peach There could be 6.8 million fewer female births across India by 2030, according to research led by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. This deficit is a result of selective abortion, where female foetuses are being terminated at an alarming rate. The figure is based on the sex…

In recent months, the American ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s have taken an interest in the UK’s refugee situation. As the media draws more attention to migrants crossing the channel than usual, the Home Office is fighting to stay out of the limelight. It seems that this particular corporation has decided that they should…

Álvaro Uribe, 68, senator, former Colombian president, and political mentor of the current Head of State Iván Duque made history today by becoming the first president of the country to be sentenced to house arrest. Accused of procedural fraud, witness tampering and bribery, his house arrest was ordered, according to the Supreme Court of Justice,…

By Polly Pye In an interview with BBC’s Andrew Marr last weekend, the Chinese ambassador to the UK yet again denied any mistreatment of the Uighur population by the Chinese government. Despite being presented with leaked footage of Uighurs, chained, blindfolded and being led onto trains, China’s UK ambassador unconvincingly argued that the footage formed…