WHO Launches New Global Health Strategy for Childhood Cancer Medications
UNITED NATIONS, September 18 (IPS) – When a child is diagnosed with cancer, their chances of survival should not depend on where they live,...
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UN fact-finding mission on Iran focuses on plight of civilians
The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran confirmed that civilians in the country suffered serious human rights violations and “crimes against humanity committed by...
Gender equality woefully off track, new UN report reveals
At the current rate of progress, gender equality would take 171 years to achieve, a new UN report finds as institutions built to advance...
World News in Brief: Winter aid for Gaza, West Bank; Haiti food production; migrant deaths at sea; human rights funding
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is seeking to raise $97.5 million to protect 540,000 children and their families in Gaza and the West Bank...
Yemen escalation displaces more than 57,000 children: UNICEF
Renewed fighting in Yemen is deepening an already severe humanitarian crisis in a country where more than 12 million children depend on aid, after...
Security Council LIVE: Syria’s transition in the spotlight
While Syria is making progress in its political transition, the Security Council is meeting to hear briefings and discuss the situation on the ground,...
War in Ukraine: Hungarian Minority Pushed to the Edge
UZHGOROD, Ukraine, September 17 (IPS) – It happened in 1920. At the Grand Trianon Palace at Versailles, the Allies drew a new map of...
Guterres calls for action as hate speech spreads across new platforms online
The UN Secretary-General has called for concerted action by governments, technology companies and civil society to stamp out hate speech, emphasizing that “its toxic...
Big space mirrors could bring Earth on-demand light — and upend our night sky
A space satellite that would offer light on demand has astronomers asking: Who controls the night sky?
Nepal’s deadly debris flow points to risks in other high mountain regions
As human-caused climate warming destabilizes high mountain regions, the threat of rock-ice avalanches and other glacial hazards grows.
As Sudan war spills into Central African Republic, UN warns against early peacekeeper exit 
AI on track to ‘crowd out’ human decision-making in warfare 
From Small Islands to Antalya: COP31 Must Move Climate Promises from Paper to People 
‘One step away from famine’: Inside Afghanistan’s hunger crisis