Kenyan Domestic Workers Doomed Voyage to the Gulf
Nairobi, Kenya, Jan 14 (IPS) – Distress calls from vulnerable Kenyan women in Saudi Arabia experiencing mistreatment and torture at the hands of their...
50 years ago, NASA’s space shuttle program got the green light
The decision on the shuttle is ‘go’ — Science News, January 15, 1972 President Nixon’s announcement last week of the decision to begin development of a space...
An early outburst portends a star’s imminent death
A star’s death usually comes without warning. But an early sign of one star’s imminent demise hints at what happens before some stellar explosions....
Democracy Under Assault
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jan 14 (IPS) – There is no doubt that the building the magnificent Women’s Pavilion at the Dubai World Expo 2020 deserves...
WHO recommends two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended on Thursday two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19, one for patients with critical diseaseand one for non-severe cases. Read the full story, “WHO recommends two new...
About $150 million from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), the largest allocation ever, was released on Thursday to boost underfunded humanitarian...
Iran must halt the looming execution of juvenile offender Hossein Shahbazi, four experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said on Thursday. Read...
COVID-19 pandemic stalls global economic recovery: UN report
The UN’s key report on the global economy, released on Thursday, shows that the rapid spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant has put the...
UN human rights officials have welcomed the “historic” conviction on Thursday by a German court of a former senior Syrian intelligence officer, for crimes...
After a six-week surge, Africa’s fourth pandemic wave, which has been mainly driven by the Omicron variant, is flattening, the World Health Organization (WHO)...
Why the UN General Assembly still matters 
UN Crime Congress: Technology is transforming crime – and the response to it 
Surviving the summer 
Women and girls pay high price in DR Congo Ebola outbreak