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Buildings deluged in sludge in Devighat in Nepal's Nuwakot district after flash floods hit the area in August. More than 1,400 bodies have been found and thousands more are still missing. Picture: Prabin Ranabhat

How we can beat climate change despite rogue states blocking progress Professor Frank Biermann

Jagtar Singh Johal has been arbitrarily detained in an India for more than eight years.

57 MPs push UK for 'much stronger action' over Scot jailed in India

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Undated family handout photo of Jagtar Singh Johal

UN experts warn Scot's prolonged detention is psychological torture

The third United Nations Assembly in Paris ended on December 10, 1948, with the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as Resolution 217

Beware right-wing politicians who want to take away our human rights Martin Roche

Scotland goes to the polls on May 7 - but one reader suggests he may not join the ranks of voters (Picture: John Devlin)

Readers' letters: Why I might not vote for the first time in my life

Artemis II crew members Jeremy Hansen, Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch and Victor Glover were all stopped in their tracks by the sight of Earth from space (Picture: Nasa)

Artemis astronauts' message of hope is one all the world should hear Scotsman comment

Age doesn't guarantee a match will be successful (Picture: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Not all 16 year olds are too young to wed

Arts is a fundamental human right, Art27’s Scottish Parliament will hear.Photo Credit: Michaela BodlovicA Raw Material & Traverse Theatre Co-ProductionWhat Girls Are Made Of

UN expert to speak at Scottish event on arts as a human right

Among other reasons, the premature award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama makes it less likely that Donald Trump will win this year (Picture: Andrew Harnik)

9 reasons why Donald Trump shouldn't win the Nobel Peace Prize Ian Johnston

Agilico Carbon Footprint Calculator

Agilico empowers businesses to be sustainable with launch of new carbon avoidanc...

Eating more vegetables and free-range, organic meat can help create a better world (Picture: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Why 'final' climate warning can lead us to a beautiful, compassionate world

Professor Luca Mora is a Professor of Urban Innovation at The Business School of Edinburgh Napier University

Smart thinking that deploys digital technology can make our cities fit for the f...

A vehicle drives along a dune in the Sabha district, in southwestern Libya, which is believed to be close to the site where the missing uranium has disappeared from.

UN watchdog: 2.5 tonnes of uranium missing from site in southern Libya

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Millions face "acute hunger" in Haiti, warns United Nations

Affric Highlands is an ambitious project that aims to restore nature and habitats across more than 500,000 acres of the Scottish landscape, from Loch Ness to Glen Shiel on the west coast, with wellbeing and economic benefits for local communities, native wildlife and the planet. Picture: Trees for Life

Highland fling: The Scottish rewilding project competing for world recognition

A young Afghan child at Kabul airport who was waiting with relatives in the hope of being evacuated. Some children have become separated from their families in the turmoil (Picture: Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images)

The world cannot abandon the children of Afghanistan – Save the Children

A CAS ruling is due in South African runner Caster Semenyas pivotal case against the IAAF. Picture: Getty.

Rebecca Nicholson: Gender equality may mean more truly mixed sports

Christmas presents can leave people in debt for weeks.

Leader comment: Christmas in a consumptive age

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Andrea Nicholas: Tourism businesses giving the green light to reducing their car...

A drone attack was set and filmed in Edinburgh by campaigners and released online to coincide a United Nations summit which heard about the looming dangers of killer robots

Killer drone attacks filmed in Edinburgh to highlight artificial intelligence fe...

Malaysian police officers guard outside the North Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. Picture: AP Photo/Daniel Chan

Leader comment: World will have to deal with North Korean threat

An estimated 2.7 million people have fled their homes in Darfur since 2003

Leader comment: Desperate situation in Darfur

Relatives of passengers on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 hold placards urging the search to go on. Picture: AFP/Getty

Authorities raise tracking standards to avoid MH370 repeat

Iraqi security forces and rescue workers at the site of car bomb attack in the mostly Shiite neighbourhood of Baghdad Jadida. Picture: Getty Images

Islamic State suicide attacks in and around Baghdad leave 31 dead

Carfi Sara and his wife Kabele and their three children were given goats, a camel and donkey to rebuild their lives. Picture: Contributed

Alistair Dutton: Dig deep to prevent Ethiopia crisis

Syrian pro-government forces inspect the damage following a series of suicide bombings near the shrine. Picture: Getty Images

Scores killed near Syrian shrine after triple suicide bomb attack

Islanders scour through debris in Port Vila, Vanuatu. Picture: AP

Vanuatu devastated by powerful Pacific cyclone

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An infection control nurse demonstrates a protection suit. Picture: Reuters

Ebola ‘running faster than us and winning the race’

The unnamed UN worker died at Leipzigs St Georg hospital. Picture: Getty

UN Ebola medic dies despite ‘intensive procedures’

Khieu Samphan, left, and Nuon Chea, right, right-hand man to the group's late chief Pol Pot, sit in the court room. Picture: AP

Cambodia Khmer Rouge leaders facing genocide trial

Green groups believe the rivers and rainforests of Peru will be threatened by the new environmental law. Picture: Getty

Peru waters down environmental laws to boost mining

Ratko Mladic, the former commander of Serbian forces in Bosnia, is accused of atrocities. Picture: AFP

Mladic ‘never ordered me to open fire on civilians’

Somali refugees plead for food at a Red Crescent relief camp. Picture: AFP/Getty

One in ten Somalis starving to death - UN director

Nearly one million in a country of 4.6 million have fled their homes. Picture: Getty

CAR a ‘tragedy of historic proportions’

Nearly a million people have been forced from their homes since December. Picture: Getty

Funding hits aid effort in Central African Republic

A wounded child sits with a relative after receiving treatment at Malakal Hospital. Picture: AFP

South Sudan rebels ‘forcing civilians to march’

Uhuru Kenyatta met with Salva Kiir yesterday. Picture: Reuters

South Sudan: African leaders bid to broker peace

People seek refuge at an UNMISS compound in Juba amid rising fears of civil war. Picture: AFP/Getty

South Sudan president calls for peace talks

Upper hand: Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama. Picture: AP

Gerald Warner: US smarting over Russian solution

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Guyana set to review law banning cross-dressing
Guyana’s chief judge is holding hearings on whether to eliminate a colonial-era law that prohibits cross-dressing in the conservative South American country.

Fire crews deal with the smouldering wreckage of one of the cars targeted in yesterdays bombing in Damascus. Picture: AP

Syrian PM survives bomb blast but six others killed

Comment: Co-operation can help youth unemployment

Pol Pot’s right-hand man dies while standing trial

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Ex-Yugoslav army chief acquitted of aiding Serb atrocities

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Hillwood Primary School on Fast’s track

Five women killed in bid to halt polio vaccinations

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POLLUTION RISE

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May takes leadership

22,000 flee second wave of violence sweeping Burma’s Muslim areas

Muslims in Bosnia keep out Serb mayor

Former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin questioned by police over fin...

Red Cross to pull out in face of Syrian city showdowns

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Analysis: No place to hide if Syrian president is forced from his Damascus stron...

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Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

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