Disaster risk reduction: Only half the world equipped with adequate early warning systems
A new report from the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) published on Thursday, warns that half of the...
Yemen: End of nationwide truce heralds ‘heightened risk of war’, Security Council hears
New uncertainty and “a heightened risk of war” now prevails across Yemen, following the end of a long truce which brought significant dividends, the...
The head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia told the Security Council on Wednesday that with the recent election of President Gustavo Petro,...
Demography of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
PORTLAND, USA, Oct 13 (IPS) – Demography is at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as well as the fundamental obstacle to achieving to...
IPBES, IPCC Joint Winners of the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity 2022 Dedicated to Climate Change
Nairobi, Oct 13 (IPS) – IPBES’ assessment report on the Sustainable Use of Wild Species, released in July 2022, painted a troubling picture of...
Millions of Girls Abused in the Name of Toxic Masculinity
MADRID, Oct 13 (IPS) – A common feature to religions – including the monotheistic ones – is that groups of males have self-proclaimed themselves...
This ancient worm might be an important evolutionary missing link
An ancient, armored worm may be the key to unraveling the evolutionary history of a diverse collection of marine invertebrates. Discovered in China, a...
Drone photos reveal an early Mesopotamian city made of marsh islands
A ground-penetrating eye in the sky has helped to rehydrate an ancient southern Mesopotamian city, tagging it as what amounted to a Venice of...
How Digital Can Drive a Green Recovery
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 13 (IPS) – As much of the world was starting to glimpse recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, it now finds itself...
Venezuelan refugees and migrants struggle to survive in Latin America and the Caribbean
The spiraling cost of living, fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, and high unemployment rates, have made it difficult for many Venezuelan refugees and migrants...
Yemen escalation displaces more than 57,000 children: UNICEF 
Security Council LIVE: Syria’s transition in the spotlight 
Guterres calls for action as hate speech spreads across new platforms online 
War in Ukraine: Hungarian Minority Pushed to the Edge