Disruption in the Strait of Hormuz has exposed the vulnerability of global trade to a single maritime chokepoint, with early data showing sharp falls...
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Gaza remains unsafe for civilians as Israeli attacks continue, including on schools and canvas classrooms, despite the October Israel-Hamas ceasefire that ended two years...
Afghanistan hunger crisis intensifies as millions left without food aid
Afghanistan’s dire hunger crisis now affects 14 million people including babies fed on little more than weak tea and bread by their despairing and...
Climate Change Makes Sacred Ice Vanish in Kashmir, Locals Fear Loss of Livelihoods
SRINAGAR, India, August 4 (IPS) – Every summer, before dawn breaks over the Himalayas, Bashir Ahmad leads his horses onto the narrow mountain trail...
Drone strikes are posing deadly risks to civilians in Sudan and hampering humanitarian efforts to reach them as attacks continue to affect conflict-hit areas,...
Israeli forces reportedly killed more than two dozen Palestinians in Gaza and violated Lebanese airspace more than 100 times over the weekend despite ongoing...
After Restoring Stability, Argentina Needs to Turn Hard-Won Gains into Lasting Prosperity
WASHINGTON DC, August 4 (IPS) – My first meeting in Buenos Aires began with an unexpected gift. Economy Minister Luis Caputo presented me with...
Trade Liberalisation Never Lifted All Boats
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, August 4 (IPS) – President Trump has blamed trade liberalisation advocated by globalists for US deindustrialisation. Instead, his own weaponisation of...
U.S.-Iran War Escalates Amid Growing Fears of Regional Instability and Rises In Arbitrary Executions
U.S.-Iran War Escalates Amid Growing Fears of Regional Instability and Rises In Arbitrary Executions
UNITED NATIONS, August 3 (IPS) – Over the past several weeks, the humanitarian landscape in the Middle East has deteriorated significantly, exacerbated by escalating...
“Kingston’s Disappointment Should Not Extinguish Our Hope for the Deep Ocean”
VICTORIA, Seychelles, August 3 (IPS) – Earlier this year, I called publicly for a precautionary pause on deep-sea mining, arguing that it is not...
Gaza: Children still at risk despite drop in acute hunger 
100 days of Ebola and the race to stop the spread 
South Africa’s Anti-Immigrant Violence Slows SDG Goals, Rips Apart Africans’ Free Movement Call 
Global food supply has become ‘collateral damage’ in conflicts: Secretary-General