Palestinians yearn for ‘a return to normal life,’ says top Middle East peace envoy
The UN is continuing efforts to support Palestinians in Gaza amid major challenges to humanitarian access, reconstruction and the restoration of essential services, according...
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Afghanistan’s Drought Deepens, and Women Bear the Heaviest Burden
KABUL, October 1 (IPS) – Drought has depleted wells, withered fruit trees, and reduced crop yields across Afghanistan. The heaviest burden of the water...
How to Protect Coastal Communities From Tide-Related Loss and Damage in Bangladesh
SHYAMNAGAR (Satkhira), Bangladesh, October 1 (IPS) – Villagers rush to the vulnerable spot of the embankment—early warning of the rising tide has alerted them....
“The Price of a Narrow Metric: Why Vulnerability Must Count”
VICTORIA, Seychelles, October 1 (IPS) – From a distance, an island nation can appear to possess everything: pristine waters, a thriving tourism industry and...
Could a new global panel defuse inequality’s ‘ticking time bomb’?
What if the world tackled inequality with the same kind of scientific firepower it has brought to the climate crisis? Read the full story,...
Homicides fall as organised crime grows more profitable – and networked
Homicide rates are falling across much of the world, but organised crime is on the rise in many regions as criminal networks diversify into...
Somali families face renewed violence amid worsening hunger crisis
Children have been killed and injured in fresh fighting in Baidoa, in Somalia’s South West State, where families were already facing severe hunger and...
World News in Brief: Storm clouds over Gaza, deadly obstacles face Mexican women rights defenders, Latvia booze ban proves lifesaver
UN teams are racing to protect families in Gaza from the coming rainy season, but restricted access to land and shortages of critical supplies...
Who gets to shape AI? UN debate centres on power, trust and inclusion
Artificial Intelligence or AI – and the technology behind it – is moving fast. The question being asked across the world is who gets...
Lebanon: one in five children goes to bed hungry, says UNICEF
Four in five households in Lebanon struggle to afford basic necessities today, with children increasingly going without food, missing school and being pushed into...
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