Humanitarian Needs Grow as Nepal Recovers from Catastrophic Floods
UNITED NATIONS, September 11 (IPS) – Two weeks after devastating floods struck Nepal, communities across the country are still struggling to meet basic needs...
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PHILIPPINES: ‘Responding to Disinformation Can’t Mean Giving the Government a Mandate to Police Truth’
CIVICUS discusses the implications of the Philippines’ proposed anti-disinformation bill with Josalee Deinla, Secretary-General of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers, a civil society...
Ukraine: Drone attacks on Chornobyl are ‘gambling with the safety of millions of people’
A drone strike on the protective structure at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant could have endangered the safety of millions of people, UN Development...
The Lighter Side of Politics at the UN General Assembly
UNITED NATIONS, September 11 (IPS) – When over 130 world leaders arrive in New York for the high-level segment of the General Assembly next...
Security Council LIVE: Fresh attacks prompt emergency meeting on Yemen
On the heels of reported Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia on Tuesday and the capture of another key port by the militants on Yemen’s...
‘An assault on humanity itself’: Guterres pays tribute to 9/11 victims, survivors and first responders
Twenty-five years ago, the heinous terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 against the United States claimed thousands of lives and represented “an assault on...
UN climate chief warns political division is undermining fight against ‘economic security emergency’
UN climate chief warns political division is undermining fight against ‘economic security emergency’
The head of the UN’s climate body has warned that treating global warming as a partisan issue is dangerously out of step with reality,...
‘The water comes up to our knees’: Climate hazards shut millions of children out of school in 2025
When the creek beside Taudibura Garo’s school in Papua New Guinea floods, the water doesn’t stop at the gate. It rises through the pit...
Human cost of violence in South Sudan ‘continues to grow’
Independent human rights investigators voiced deep concern over growing risks to both civilians and South Sudan’s political transition following their latest fact-finding mission to...
Afghan Men Quietly Resist Taliban Ban on Girls’ Education
KABUL, September 10 (IPS) – Many wonder why men in Afghanistan do not protest when women’s rights are trampled upon. In reality, many are...
Ukraine: Attacks on education threaten an entire generation, UNICEF warns 
Back to school in Haiti: ‘Madame, can you stop what the gangs are doing to us?’ 
Ebola responders grapple with widening outbreak in DR Congo 
Escalating conflict drives new displacement in Yemen