External Affairs

An undated supplied image from Geoscience Australia shows a computer generated three-dimensional view of the sea floor obtained from mapping data collected during the first phase of the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Credit: Reuters/Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

MH370 Search Data Unveils Fishing Hotspots and Valuable Geological Data

Tom Westbrook and Jonathan Barrett 19/07/2017

The meticulous search of the missing plane in the...

The high seas now suffer from an unrestrained use of resources in the face of several tedious regulations, the lack of a strong institutional framework and reluctant political will. Credit: Kanenori/pixabay

If India Won’t Work to Conserve Our Oceanic Resources, Peace Can’t Be on Our Long-Term Agenda

Ipshita Chaturvedi 18/07/2017

India’s stress on protecting the high-seas freedoms in conservation...

Healthcare activists protest to stop the Republican Health Care Bill at Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, July 17, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Yuri Gripas

US Republicans Divided As Second Healthcare Bill Fails

Richard Cowan and Yasmeen Abutaleb 18/07/2017

With Republican senators Mike Lee and Jerry Moran joining...

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‘Trumpcare’ Is Dangerous to the American Healthcare System

Abraar Karan 17/07/2017

Congressional efforts to do away with Obamacare threatens leaving...

Onotoa Atoll from the East, from an airplane midway from Tabiteuea and Arorae atolls, Gilbert Islands, Republic of Kiribati, Central Pacific. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Edvac

Kiribati Prepares for ‘Migration With Dignity’ to Confront the Ravages of Climate Change

Kayla Walsh 15/07/2017

The Republic of Kiribati is experiencing baki-aba, or 'land...

US Army Marines conduct anti-poaching training with the Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux at the Pongara National Forest in Pongara, Gabon, Sept. 17. Credit: Official US Marine Corps photos by Staff Sgt. Ryan Nikzad

The Militarisation of Conservation in Africa May Be Doing More Harm Than Good

Rosaleen Duffy, Hannah Dickinson and Laure Joanny 13/07/2017

Foreign forces and private contractors are training and aiding...

Participants at a gay pride celebration in Uganda. Credit: Amy Fallon/IPS

UN Must Improve LGBTQI Health to Deliver on ‘Leave No One Behind’ Promise

Felicity Daly 12/07/2017

LGBTQI people’s health is consistently poorer than that of...