Security Council LIVE: World leaders debate ongoing war in Ukraine
Five years of war. Another winter closing in. Today, the Security Council once again debates a path to peace – though any resolution still...
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Syria begins ‘new phase of revival’, President Al-Sharaa tells General Assembly
Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa told the UN General Assembly on Wednesday that his country “is rising” on many levels, thanks to the strength of...
When a country goes underwater: Island States fight for their future
Rising sea levels and ever-more-powerful storms are eroding shorelines, submerging land and threatening to evict millions of people from their homes worldwide. Read the...
IRAQ: ‘Art Is the Only Weapon That Doesn’t Hurt or Kill’
CIVICUS discusses public art, gender-based violence and censorship in Iraqi Kurdistan with Tara Abdullah, a multidisciplinary visual artist from Sulaymaniyah who is currently based...
Floods, Hunger and Disease Pile on Myanmar’s Civil War Misery
YANGON, Myanmar, September 23 (IPS) – Isolated and at constant war with itself, Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis is deepening as global challenges far exceed the...
Qatar: Absence of a regional collective security system is fuelling crisis in the Gulf
The crisis in the Gulf should come as a surprise to no one, the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani said...
‘Time is running out’ for Israel-Palestine two-State solution
The UN chief warned on Tuesday that the two-State solution for the Israel-Palestine conflict is at risk of collapse amid illegal Israeli settlement expansion...
Choose international order over ‘law of the jungle’, urges Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that the world faces a stark choice: “Do we want to live…with a return to the law...
‘Ask us first’: Children demand a voice on AI’s future
The first generation to grow up with AI may also be the last one anyone thinks to ask about it – and that has...
What Isn’t Named Isn’t Protected and being Named Isn’t Enough
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia, September 23 (IPS) – Rightsholders came to Ulaanbaatar from across the world, carrying declarations, demands and years of experience defending the lands...
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