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Northern Irish politics, never dull, has been complicated by the resignation of the First Minister Paul Givan, of the Democratic Unionist Party, and the automatic ejection from office of the deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill, of Sinn Féin. Sinn Féin claims that this development presages a major political crisis and has called for the elections to the Northern Ireland

Noeleen Heyzer, the UN’s special envoy for Myanmar, last week sparked uproar when she made a comment suggesting that the country’s pro-democracy protesters should aim for a power-sharing deal with the junta that overthrew the civilian government last February. Such an uproar is entirely justified. Reasonable compromise is a pragmatic and grown-up response to any conflict, so

One year ago on Tuesday, the Tatmadaw — the military of Myanmar — took over the reins of power in the country and arrested the leaders of the freshly elected civilian government. This is a pattern that has occurred several times in the post-independence history of Myanmar and, based on past experience, the leadership of the army had every reason to expect that the junta would

The International Court of Justice is next month set to continue the legal proceedings brought by the Gambia against the state of Myanmar for the alleged Rohingya genocide in Rakhine state. Normally, this would be very welcome news, and we are all expecting the perpetrators of the genocide to be brought to justice as soon as possible. Unfortunately, it looks like the court