The situation at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has deteriorated rapidly to the point of becoming “very alarming,” Director General of the International Atomic...
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Democracy in Iraq Under Threat Following the Storming of Parliament
AMMAN, Jordan, Aug 12 (IPS) – The storming of the Iraqi parliament by supporters of Al-Sadr was motivated by years of political impasse —...
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 12 (IPS) – When world political leaders, mostly presidents and prime ministers, are ousted from power following military coups or street...
After the storm: what an environmental tragedy can teach us about climate resilience and ecosystem restoration
A tiny Caribbean Island known as ‘the flower of the ocean’ was decimated by Hurricane Iota in 2020. Although the loss of human life...
A new UN-backed humanitarian logistics hub and training centre in Barbados aims to strengthen emergency preparedness and response across the Caribbean, the World Food...
A devastating drought in Somalia has reached unprecedented levels, leaving one million people within the country currently registered as displaced, the UN refugee agency,...
Military activities around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant in Ukraine must stop immediately, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday, warning of the potential danger...
The current humanitarian crisis stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is having “a disproportionate impact” on persons with disabilities, especially children in institutions there,...
Afghanistan: Humanitarian assistance has saved lives, but immense needs remain
Despite an unprecedented scale-up in assistance in Afghanistan over the past year, immense needs still exist and the future looks bleak, the UN humanitarian...
Young workers have been hit hardest by COVID fallout, says UN labour agency
The number of young people globally who can’t find a job this year is set to reach 73 million – that’s a full six...
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Europe’s Hera mission is ready to double down on asteroid science 
Gaza winter aid: ‘No more delay’, Fletcher tells governments stalling on support