Kenia Hernández is an Indigenous Mexican lawyer and human rights defender dedicated to advancing women’s rights and social ...

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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 ...

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

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

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

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

Nearly 50,000 Women and Girls Killed or Severely Injured in Gaza in Three Years of War – One in 21 Gazan Women and Girls ...

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

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

Matthew Jacobs* has been married for two years but his wife doesn’t know that he is also in a relationship with someone else. If his secret were discovered, it could result in him ending up in jail.