As artificial intelligence increasingly enables autonomous weapons that can select and attack targets with minimal human involvement, governments face urgent pressure to establish international legal restrictions before these systems proliferate further across active conflicts like Ukraine and Gaza.
Right-wing governments across Latin America are deepening ties with Israel through arms deals and surveillance technology despite public opposition to Israel’s Gaza campaign. Netanyahu has celebrated electoral victories of pro-Israel candidates while Israeli spyware targets journalists and opposition figures across the region.
The author argues that the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were unnecessary to end World War II, as Japan was already seeking surrender and Soviet entry into the war would have secured capitulation. He contends U.S. leaders knew this but proceeded for Cold War strategic reasons.
A human rights group reports that Israeli forces and contractors are systematically removing rubble from Gaza without documentation or independent oversight, potentially destroying evidence of genocide and mass graves in violation of International Court of Justice orders.
Thousands of Moroccan migrants entering Spain’s Ceuta enclave exposed EU divisions and geopolitical vulnerabilities. European leaders’ panic-driven responses and accusations against Spain strengthen smugglers and authoritarian regimes that exploit migration as leverage.
Trump’s naming of a highway in occupied Western Sahara reflects deepening ties between Morocco, Israel, and the US centered on phosphate extraction and trade benefits, including suspended tariffs allowing unlimited fertilizer exports to America.
The article argues that international justice faces collapse due to selective enforcement of laws against powerful Western-aligned nations, particularly Israel, while developing nations face prosecution. This double standard undermines universal legal standards and emboldens future atrocities.
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, convicted of trafficking over 400 tons of cocaine and sentenced to 45 years, returned home after Trump pardoned him in December 2025, undermining the rule of law and strengthening far-right forces in Honduras.
Hungary’s new Prime Minister Peter Magyar removed the president via constitutional amendment, fulfilling a campaign pledge. The government now drafts an entirely new constitution, raising concerns about potential abuse of power similar to the previous Fidesz regime’s tactics.
Israel’s right-wing government is rapidly expanding settlements and displacing Palestinians in the West Bank through settler militias while international attention focuses on conflicts in Gaza, Iran and Lebanon. The campaign systematically erodes conditions for a viable Palestinian state.
