Funding cuts put 8.3 million refugees at risk of losing vital assistance
Haji Mohammad Shafi spent 44 years in Pakistan before he was forced to leave. He sold everything he owned and returned to Afghanistan with...
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DRC: Early access to care and oxygen decisive for Ebola patients’ survival – WHO
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), health workers fighting the country’s largest-ever Ebola outbreak are struggling to overcome critical challenges to patient...
Yemen escalation fuels fears of further cholera, measles spread
Heavy fighting in Yemen is fuelling concerns of an uptick in cholera, measles and other preventable diseases, as overcrowding at displacement sites threatens to...
Security Council LIVE: DRC peace deals fail to halt fighting as Ebola deepens crisis
The Security Council is meeting in New York on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Tuesday, where clashes between Government forces and M23...
Strategic Blindness at UNGA 81: “Super Intelligence” and “Killer Robots” Take Center Stage as Women’s Rights Take a Back Seat
NEW YORK, September 29 (IPS) – “Artificial intelligence (AI) must be shaped by humanity, with humanity, and for all humanity… Life-and-death decisions must never...
LIVE: Weighing nuclear risks amid rising tensions and war
Amid rising tensions, extreme weather impacts and strikes on nuclear infrastructure in war-torn Iran and Ukraine, UN Member States are returning to the core...
Fragmented Policies Hold Back Agroecology Adoption in Africa’s Congo Basin
YAOUNDE, Cameroon, September 29 (IPS) – Agricultural, land, forestry, environmental and trade policies in the Congo Basin remain compartmentalised at country levels, leaving proven...
Overshoot of Paris Agreement and the Looming Super El Niño Drive Urgent Calls for Global Climate Action at UNGA 81
UNITED NATIONS, September 29 (IPS) – On September 23, the United Nations held its 2026 Climate Summit as part of the High-Level Week of...
The Takeaway Day 6: General Debate ends with a plea to turn words into action
After six days of speeches from the UN General Assembly podium, one word rose above all others: peace. This final edition of The Takeaway...
World News in Brief: Refugee funding, US migration policy triggers ‘cascade’ of rights violations, world forests report, restorative justice in Colombia
Support for water and sanitation at the biggest camp in the world for Syrian refugees is under threat from a lack of funding –...
COP31: New Research Ties Extreme Weather to Mental Health Challenges in Africa 
The brain’s fear center moonlights as the save button for memories 
Europe’s Hera mission is ready to double down on asteroid science 
Gaza winter aid: ‘No more delay’, Fletcher tells governments stalling on support