Haitian children at mercy of armed gangs as schools close
Rising gang crime in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince is limiting access to education and is preventing thousands of children from going to school. Since 2020,...
What COVID-19 taught us about risk in a complex, inter-connected world
A new UN report has shed fresh light on the ways that the COVID-19 pandemic unleashed cascading risks, particularly on vulnerable people, worldwide. Read...
Migrant deaths in Libyan desert ‘wake-up call’ for stronger protections
The UN migration agency on Friday deplored the deaths of at least 20 migrants in the Libyan desert and renewed its call for stronger...
UN Ocean Conference ends with call for greater ambition and global commitment to address dire state of the Ocean
Following a week of discussions and events in Lisbon, Portugal, the UN Ocean Conference concluded on Friday, with governments and heads of state agreeing...
In Afghanistan, women take their lives out of desperation, Human Rights Council hears
The situation for women is so desperate in Afghanistan that they are committing suicide at a rate of one or two every day, the...
The UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday expressed alarm over the killing of at least nine protesters by security forces in Sudan...
The World Is Melting Down and the Cause is Corruption- The G20 Needs to Take Action
WASHINGTON DC, Jul 01 (IPS) – The G20 is meeting again next week in Indonesia for the second time this year- at a moment...
US abortion debate: Rights experts urge lawmakers to adhere to women’s convention
A week since the US Supreme Court overturned a landmark, 50-year-old judgement guaranteeing access to abortion, top UN-appointed independent experts urged United States lawmakers...
Feathers may have helped dinosaurs survive the Triassic mass extinction
Widespread volcanic eruptions around 202 million years ago had a profound effect on Earth’s climate, triggering a mass extinction event that killed off three-fourths...
Veteran UN aid coordinator Najat Rochdi on Friday signalled grave concerns about rising humanitarian needs across Lebanon linked to the global food and fuel...
When a country goes underwater: Island States fight for their future 
Floods, Hunger and Disease Pile on Myanmar’s Civil War Misery 
IRAQ: ‘Art Is the Only Weapon That Doesn’t Hurt or Kill’ 
Finally, a true blue rose exists