Amidst military rule, UN envoy travels to Myanmar for first time
UN special envoy for Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer travelled to the country for the first time since taking up her appointment last October. Read the full...
Millions more children to benefit from world’s first malaria vaccine: UNICEF
The pharmaceutical company GSK has been awarded a contract to produce the world’s first malaria vaccine so that millions more children will be protected...
Refugees Face Often Neglected Mental Health Challenges – Report
United Nations, Aug 16 (IPS) – While refugees globally face insecurity and uncertainty, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report highlights that they also...
Spiraling footballs wobble at one of two specific frequencies
In American football, some passes are caught and some are dropped — but all wobble as they fly. Spiraling pigskins tend to visibly wobble...
Asteroid impacts might have created some of Mars’ sand
Sand on Earth is continuously being created by the slow erosion of rocks. But on Mars, violent asteroid impacts may play an important role...
GENEVA, Aug 16 (IPS) – We are in the toughest period the world economy has faced since the creation of the multilateral system more...
Stagflation: From Tragedy to Farce
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 (IPS) – Half a century after the 1970s’ stagflation, economies are slowing, even contracting, as prices rise again....
Yemen: UN envoy underscores need to ‘end the conflict, not merely manage it’
The Security Council has a joint responsibility to help Yemen take the “necessary and decisive steps towards peace,” the country’s UN Special Envoy told...
UN agencies recommitment to women, girls in Afghanistan one year after Taliban takeover
A year of Taliban rule in Afghanistan has led to a deterioration in the lives of women and girls, affecting all aspects of their...
UN troop rotations in the peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) resumed on Monday with a new approval mechanism one month after they were suspended by...
UN fact-finding mission on Iran focuses on plight of civilians 
Gender equality woefully off track, new UN report reveals 
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Yemen escalation displaces more than 57,000 children: UNICEF