Rohingya Refugees Seeking Safe Haven in Bangladesh Hit by Fresh Disasters
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh, August 6 (IPS) – Abdu Rozork awoke suddenly to the sound of children screaming. Heavy monsoon rains had sent a landslide...
The UN rights chief expressed alarm on Wednesday over the sharp increase in executions and death sentences in Iran since the US-Israeli bombing campaign...
An independent UN human rights expert has welcomed ongoing proceedings in the United States to extradite “manosphere” bloggers Andrew and Tristan Tate to the...
Russian forces hammered Ukraine with ballistic missiles and long-range drones overnight on Tuesday, killing at least 17 civilians – mainly around Kyiv – and...
World News in Brief: Cambodia human rights, Hormuz invasive species risk, IOM lauds 2025 progress
Concluding his first official visit to Cambodia, UN independent human rights expert Tom Andrews said he was encouraged by the government’s cooperation but remained...
CHINA: ‘The Ethnic Unity Law Means There Is One Acceptable Way to Be Chinese’
CIVICUS speaks about China’s recently implemented Ethnic Unity Law with Gulchehra Hoja, a correspondent for Reporters Without Borders and a Uyghur activist and journalist...
Strengthening El Niño to push 49 million more people into acute hunger
Nearly 50 million more people in highly vulnerable communities globally are set to be pushed into acute hunger because of the strengthening El Niño...
Security Council LIVE: Ambassadors briefed on continuing ISIL terror threat
The Security Council is meeting on Wednesday to examine the persistent threat posed by the terrorist group ISIL, also known as Dae’sh, to international...
New Chickpea Variety to Drive Climate Resilience in Africa
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe , August 5 (IPS) – New chickpea seed research and production have become the new frontier of climate resilience in southern Africa...
These tiny swirls on the sun could trigger solar flares
Scientists have finally seen a long-predicted motion on the sun, and it may help explain explosive solar activity.
UN report warns of reprisals against those who collaborate in defence of human rights 
Gaza: At least 20 killed in deadly building collapse, search for survivors continues 
Security Council LIVE: ‘Being a woman is a crime in Afghanistan,’ civil society briefer declares 
AI, climate and conflicts top Guterres’s agenda ahead of General Assembly