Month: February 2026

Rights group says growing authoritarianism and abuses in US, Russia and China threaten global rules-based orderThe world is in a “democratic recession” with almost three-quarters of the global population now living under autocratic rulers – levels not seen since the 1980s, according to a new report.The system underpinning human rights was “in peril”, said Philippe Bolopion, executive director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), with a growing authoritarian wave becoming “the […]

Richard Marles has decided to sell more than 60 properties, including Victoria Barracks in Sydney, Melbourne and BrisbaneFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government will sell off $3bn in historic defence properties around the country, after a major audit of government land holdings and amid efforts to open up land for new housing development and public […]

Sell-off comes after government commissioned an audit of the estates. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo-thirds of homeless youth unable to access housing services: reportApproximately 40,000 15- to 24-year-olds have nowhere to live in Australia each year, with only 3.1% accessing long-term housing, according to a new report from the Home Time Youth coalition. Continue reading...Source: www.theguardian.comRead full article

Leaders had been trading hostile remarks for months but Gustavo Petro’s visit ended with warm words from US counterpartAfter months of trading insults – from “sick man” and “drug trafficking leader” on one side, to “accomplice to genocide” with a “senile brain” on the other – the first meeting between Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro ended with pleasantries, autographs and a Maga cap.The Colombian president was received by his US […]

Saif al-Islam, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been killed in the west of the North African country.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Greece's coastguard says 26 other people have been rescued from Aegean Sea as search-and-rescue operations continue. Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article