Girls’ education in Afghanistan continues despite the Taliban ban, as fathers, teachers and families quietly help girls keep ...

"As parliamentarians, we should understand that behind every demographic indicator is a human story," said Kamikawa Yoko, MP ...

A Spectre is Haunting Europe — the Spectre of Ultra-Nationalism ...

The Foreign Press Association ( FPA ), the Society of Professional Journalists ( SPJ ), and the Committee to Protect Journalists ( CPJ) have jointly expressed strong opposition to the July 2026 U.S.

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The UN Secretary-General’s 2026 report on the SDGs made clear how delivery is falling short. It found that out of 139 targets ...

The world is now expected to breach the 1.5°C warming limit that small island states have spent years defending as a ...

The 81st session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA81) opens tomorrow at a particularly important moment for multilateralism.

The Ecuadorean government’s decision to allow oil drilling in the Yasuní National Park, one of the most biodiverse areas of the planet, has caused alarm among environmentalists and indigenous people, ...

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 9 2026 (IPS) - Two months after devastating twin earthquakes struck northern and central Venezuela on June 24, the humanitarian community has been on the frontlines, delivering ...

Observing some of the changes over the last year and a half in the Government of the USA, one question that comes to mind is ...

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 4 2026 (IPS) - While Uganda announced the end of its Ebola outbreak last week, the Democratic Republic of ...