Perpetrators responsible for recent escalating violence in Unity state, South Sudan, must be held accountable, the UN Mission in the country, UNMISS, said in...
Sri Lanka has taken steps towards legal, institutional and security sector reforms, but more action is still needed, according to a report issued on...
‘Hot conflict’ pushes 12 million Syrians into food insecurity
As the Syrian war has driven poverty and hunger to levels higher than at any previous point, UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen told the Security...
LONDON, Feb 25 (IPS) – It is now clear diplomacy matters little to Vladimir Putin. Despite the efforts of a string of presidents and...
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (IPS) – As a new political twist to an old saying goes: the dogs bark but the military caravan moves...
Amid reported deadly missile attacks from Russia’s so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine, including the capital Kiev and other cities, terrified families have been forced to seek shelter underground,...
50 years ago, freezing sperm faced scientific skepticism
The uncertainty of banking sperm – Science News, February 26, 1972 Many men contemplating vasectomies have been depositing a quantity of their semen with...
A chain mail–like armor may shield C. difficile from some antibiotics
Chain mail–like armor may help keep one superbug safe from bacteria-killing medicines. Clostridioides difficile bacteria are notorious for taking over the guts of people...
Women building a sustainable future: the Kenyan engineer fighting for equality
Norah Magero, a Mechanical Engineer and Renewable Energy Expert from Kenya, is helping communities adapt to the changing climate, in the face of gender...
More than 5 million children have lost a parent or caregiver to COVID-19
An estimated 5.2 million children worldwide have lost a parent or caregiver to COVID-19. The tally covers the beginning of the pandemic through October...
Women and girls pay high price in DR Congo Ebola outbreak 
Less than 4 years from development goals deadline, progress shows what’s possible 
Sexual violence against civilians and POW’s in Ukraine widespread and ‘abhorrent’ 
‘Violence will only defer a problem’: UN Assembly President on trust, AI and lessons from the Rohingya crisis