Whole generation of Syrian children ‘might be lost’, senior humanitarian warns Security Council
“Irreversible damage” is being caused to the lives of Syrian civilians due to chronic under-funding of the international effort said the UN’s Assistant Secretary-General...
The UN chief on Monday issued a call for “calm and restraint” in the Iraqi capital Baghdad following a day of reportedly violent protests...
Argentina Seeks Elusive Investments to Fully Exploit Shale Gas
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 29 (IPS) – Argentina, which has one of the largest unconventional hydrocarbon deposits in the world, has been forced to import...
The World Food Programme (WFP) is supporting Pakistan as the country takes stock of floods which have reportedly killed more than 1,000 people and...
A team of UN atomic energy experts set out on Monday for Zaporizhzya nuclear power station in Ukraine, after months of rising tensions between...
The Tonga eruption may have spawned a tsunami as tall as the Statue of Liberty
The massive Tonga eruption generated a set of planet-circling tsunamis that may have started out as a single mound of water roughly the height...
COVID-19 gave new urgency to the science of restoring smell
It was the juice that tipped him off. At lunch, Ícaro de A.T. Pires found the flavor of his grape juice muted, flattened into...
Myanmar is believed to be experiencing one of the highest rates of mangrove loss in the world. When a company bought land containing a...
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 29 (IPS) – When UN diplomats are charged with civil or criminal offenses – from traffic violations to sexual abuse —...
Recent fighting near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine has again highlighted the potential risk of a disaster, the Director-General of the...
UN fact-finding mission on Iran focuses on plight of civilians 
Gender equality woefully off track, new UN report reveals 
World News in Brief: Winter aid for Gaza, West Bank; Haiti food production; migrant deaths at sea; human rights funding 
Yemen escalation displaces more than 57,000 children: UNICEF