World News in Brief: Cycle of violence continues in Haiti, seafarer deaths off Somalia, food insecurity in the Middle East
Haitians remain in the grip of lethal gang violence as it continues to “adapt and expand”, the UN’s top rights official, Volker Türk, said...
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Ukraine war ‘a human rights catastrophe’ that must end, says Türk
The war in Ukraine is a human rights catastrophe that is “growing and intensifying by the week” and threatening an even greater disaster across...
Collective action needed to tackle global information crisis, UN-led dialogue hears
Governments, UN entities, civil society, media, academia and the private sector have called for stronger cooperation and practical action to respond to a rapidly...
Global life expectancy bounces back to near pre-pandemic levels, WHO says
People around the world are living longer again, with global life expectancy almost fully recovered from the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World...
‘Money alone won’t get us there’: UN steps up aid for 12 forgotten crises
Getting aid to people in the world’s most neglected emergencies takes more than money. It takes open roads, open borders and leaders willing to...
Gaza: WHO appeals for massive aid influx ahead of winter
Repeated delays in bringing lifesaving medicines, prosthetics and more from Israel into Gaza risk having devastating consequences on Palestinians who urgently need them in...
Escalating fighting in Yemen deepens food security crisis
Renewed conflict in Yemen has triggered a surge in hunger that could have consequences in the wider region and beyond, the World Food Programme...
‘I have not lost my dreams’: Refugee education funding cuts threaten millions
A teenage girl who fled war-torn Sudan for neighbouring Egypt and hopes to pursue a technology degree is an example of why countries must...
For Pakistan Rising Fistula Cases Make SDG 3 Goal Elusive
KARACHI, Pakistan, October 2 (IPS) – “You’re living a life drained of joy,” is how Shehnaz Sher Ali describes her “perpetually wet and stinky”...
Renewables, Farmer Aggregation Offer Solutions to Africa’s Post-Harvest Losses
KIGALI, October 2 (IPS) – Post-harvest losses, particularly in rural areas, threaten the gains Africa is making in agricultural production and export capacity. Read...
COP17: The world has a plan to save nature. Is it working? 
Flour sacks turned flood barriers: Gaza faces another winter without safe shelter 
WHO scales up Ebola readiness in 22 countries across three continents 
Ukraine: Civilian casualty rates among ‘deadliest’ in years, as energy attacks intensify