Le 11 août 2026, le Conseil des oulémas d'Indonésie (Majelis Ulama Indonesia, MUI) déclare que le port de vêtements féminins par des hommes lors des festivités du 17 août, jour anniversaire de la proclamation de l'indépendance de l'Indonésie, est interdit par la sharia, la loi islamique. Un épisode de plus dans un pays où la population musulmane est la plus nombreuse du monde mais où l'homophobie ne cesse de croître. Le MUI est une organisation non-gouvernementale fondée en 1975 par le (…)

“The University of Edinburgh's Peace Agreement Database and Dataset recorded four agreements related to the Gaza ceasefire process in 2025. (...) These agreements addressed things such as the exchange of hostages and prisoners, and created a transitional authority for the Gaza Strip. But they did not build the machinery that decides what counts as a breach, who adjudicates in case of disputes and how the process resumes once a breach has been found.” Donald Trump's Board of Peace published (…)

While wildfires dominated the headlines this summer, the effects of extreme heat and drought are also visible on a much smaller scale: parched lawns, wilting and browning trees and dry ditches and bogs. These changes may look temporary, but for wildlife they can have consequences that last long after the rain returns. In some parts of the world, species have evolved to adapt to extreme heat and drought. However in Britain, which has a history of cold winters, cool summers and abundant (…)