At this year’s highest-profile UN event, Donald Trump publicly mused over his ‘big decision’ about whether to ‘annihilate’ ...

The world lost more than 7m hectares of forest to deforestation in 2025, a modest improvement but still far from what is ...

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 21 2026 (IPS) - Despite rising geopolitical tensions, trade restrictions and calls to bring production back to domestic shores, the global economy remains more interconnected than ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Jun 29 2026 (IPS) - There is a question that is never asked plainly enough in reports on Haiti: why, despite decades of analysis, billions in international aid, and an abundance ...

Testimonies on Torture and Ill-Treatment by Medical Personnel in Russian Captivity, an analytical brief by the Center for ...

Kazakhstan has spent more than two decades pursuing an unusual diplomatic undertaking: keeping representatives of different ...

Nearly three decades ago, during Nepal's civil war, Dr Brandon Kohrt sat with parents whose sons had been conscripted and ...

The United Nations has once again revived a longstanding problem – racism and racial discrimination at the UN Secretariat.

Middle East and disruption to the Strait of Hormuz drive up food prices and strain livelihoods and household resources ...

The protracted demise of dollar-gold convertibility and associated fixed exchange rates did not end dollar hegemony.

The seven candidates, still in the running for the post of UN Secretary-General (SG), have so far faced a barrage of ...

Following the mass abduction of 46 pupils and teachers in Oyo State, south-west Nigeria in 2026, the authorities attributed ...