As tycoons like Elon Musk attempt to seize space for profit, the Earth is being trashed, writes astronomer Lucian Walkowicz.

Rivers and fish are being poisoned with mercury, forests are felled and land devastated as illegal mining, fuelled in part by ...

The US and Israel’s attack on Iran has sent the oil and gas markets into chaos. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, combined ...

As space becomes an increasingly vital arena for war, William J Astore tracks its increased militarization. ‘One point five ...

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Bethany Rielly and Decca Muldowney unpack the history of Britain’s only general strike, and why it still matters today.

The Venezuelan leader's abduction reflects US drug policy being used against Latin American governments resisting its geopolitical interests, argues Kojo Koram.

As Egypt prepares to host the latest UN climate conference, COP27, Hamza Hamouchene and Katie Sandwell call time on ‘business as usual’, which in North Africa means non-solutions that line private ...

Find out more about the New Internationalist magazine's issue focused on the growing role of billionaire's and the military ...

Eiad Husham traces the UAE’s long game for access to the Red Sea – a strategy built through ports, airports and infrastructure projects, and driven by ambitions to secure maritime power and regional ...

An oil boom is reshaping Guyana’s future. Ben Jacob traces the country’s long history of colonial exploitation from Britain’s sugar factory to Exxon’s oil fields. Georgetown, the capital city of ...

Anti-immigrant sentiment, driven by the far right, is driving racism across Britain – and political inaction is allowing it to spread, writes Taj Ali. These are not headlines from the 1970s, when the ...