Intended as a means of avoiding future deadly conflagrations, nations' refusal to impose sanctions and targeted countries' ability to circumvent them made them ineffective in many cases

Two books examine atomic weaponry and the global annihilation it could bring about

The US and French withdrawal from the Sahel lets the Russians, Chinese, and Iranians in. Tehran, in particular, will be keen to buy Niger's uranium, despite this being a red line for Washington.

The London-based Syrian author discusses the power of language, seeing things through a child's eyes, creating a world of odes, tales, and myths, and nursing the scars from 'the tyrant of Damascus'.

The world remains distracted by other conflicts and crisis, but with this large African country on the brink of famine and no end in sight to the fighting, there are warnings that Sudan could splinter

2023 is on pace to be the lowest for venture funding since 2018. Global startup investment in 2023 reached $285bn, down from the $462bn invested in 2022, marking a 38% decline year over year and by…

Artificial intelligence holds huge promise in health care. But it also faces massive barriers.

'Victory City' feels like fantasy at first, but important issues like patriarchy are explored by a writer who is as captivating as he is controversial

After 100 days of pain and suffering, the people of Gezira state, south-east of Khartoum, have now been promised civilian rule. At what price?

It is time to act or to reassess the institutions—and the governments—that make international humanitarian laws futile