The UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, has announced the ten winners of its first ever Joint Innovation Challenge; a cutting edge competition to provide...
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Unprecedented global challenges are ‘not insurmountable’ – UN chief
Nearly a year ago, the UN chief released his report, Our Common Agenda (OCA), a blueprint for global cooperation moving forward, and reinvigorated multilateralism....
More lifesaving grain shipments authorized to leave Ukraine
Three more ships have been given the green light to leave Ukraine’s Black Sea ports on Friday, carrying just over 58,000 tons of corn,...
Nonagenarian Opposition Backer Contends for Change in Zimbabwe
HARARE, Aug 04 (IPS) – Idah Hanyani, popularly known as Gogo Chihera, has backed the opposition since Zimbabwe gained independence in 1980. Read the...
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 04 (IPS) – Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, in his address to the UN press corps while launching the...
Human rights experts call for international investigation into 2020 Beirut explosion
A cohort of independent UN experts has called on the Human Rights Council to launch an international investigation into the massive explosion in Beirut two year ago, with a...
Amid growing restrictions on civic space and press freedoms in Cambodia, journalists are being increasingly subjected to various forms of harassment, pressure, and violence,...
A powerful new sculpture unveiled at UN Headquarters on Wednesday honours the memory and mission of two human rights experts who were murdered in...
UN chief slams ‘immoral’ profiteering amid global energy crisis
As the war in Ukraine continues to rage, skyrocketing energy prices are compounding an existential cost-of-living crisis for hundreds of millions of people, the...
UN renews commitment to Yazidi community eight years after ISIL onslaught
Every effort must be made to support the Yazidi community in Iraq, the United Nations said on Wednesday, marking eight years since the extremist...
This Halloween, amateur astronomers may be in for a dwarf planet treat 
‘Exhumed’ recounts the true story of America’s first vampire 
Yemen war makes reaching assistance too dangerous for many 
UN rights office warns of deepening displacement ‘nightmare’ in Gaza