Yezidis in Armenia: From Reincarnation to Exodus
ARDASHAR, Armenia, Aug 23 (IPS) – There are those cows watching the fight in the mud of rusty Soviet cars; there are those tethered...
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High Cost of Medical Services Puts Immigrants’ Health at Risk in the U.S.
SAN SALVADOR, Aug 23 (IPS) – Getting sick is one of the worst fears facing Jorge, a Salvadoran living in the United States, because...
Africa drought: Some children just ‘one disease away from catastrophe’ UNICEF warns
On Tuesday, UN Children’s Fund UNICEF warned that children in the Horn of Africa and the vast Sahel region “could die in devastating numbers”...
How NOT to Win Friends and Influence People
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 23 (IPS) – After four years of Trump’s ‘America first’ isolationism, US President Joe Biden announced “America is back”....
Nearly 1,000 boys and girls have been killed or injured in the war in Ukraine, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported...
Recommit to “dialogue, diplomacy and mutual trust”, Secretary-General António Guterres urged ambassadors in the UN Security Council on Monday, describing them as “the eternal...
The UN human rights chief on Monday welcomed the announcement from the Prime Minister of Singapore, that the city State would move to repeal a law...
Authorities in Iran must stop the persecution and harassment of religious minorities, a group of independent UN human rights experts said in a statement...
Stand in ‘firm solidarity’ with victims of violence based on religion or belief, urges UN chief
On the International Day for victims of acts of violence based on religion or belief, commemorated on Monday, the UN chief reiterated his staunch...
MINNESOTA, USA, Aug 22 (IPS) – Once again, Kenya finds itself at a crossroads. The current events in Kenya illustrate how and why electoral...
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