Colombia: UN independent experts call for Ecopetrol to provide reparations to victims of armed conflict
UN independent experts welcomed on Wednesday a recent landmark corporate accountability ruling involving the Ecopetrol oil company by Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace, calling...
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Haiti sanctions renewed: Starving the gangs of bullets
Haiti is living through one of the world’s most acute security crises. Armed gangs control large parts of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and are pushing...
Crisis and Opportunity at the UN
LONDON, October 14 (IPS) – At this year’s highest-profile UN event, Donald Trump publicly mused over his ‘big decision’ about whether to ‘annihilate’ Iran....
World Lost More Than 7 Million Hectares of Forest in 2025
BERLIN, Germany/WASHINGTON, D.C., USA , October 14 (IPS) – The world lost more than 7 million hectares of forest to deforestation in 2025, a...
When Medicine Becomes a Tool for Torture: The Hidden Role of Medical Personnel in Russian Captivity
KYIV, Ukraine, October 14 (IPS) – Medicine is supposed to protect human life and dignity. Yet testimonies from Ukrainians released from Russian captivity reveal...
Disasters cost $228 billion in housing losses every year
$228 billion is a staggering amount of money to find, but that’s exactly what communities around the world are faced with every year, to...
‘Need for UN has never been greater,’ UN chief says, proposing slimmer $3.3 billion budget for 2027
Amid climate disruption, an AI revolution, war and growing hunger, “the need for the United Nations has never been greater,” Secretary-General António Guterres said...
Ukraine: Residents killed and dozens injured in attacks on Kharkiv and Kyiv
Russian attacks in recent days on on Ukraine’s two largest cities have again killed and injured civilians, damaged homes and civilian infrastructure, the UN...
World News in Brief: West African migrant crossings, Argentina takes UK to maritime tribunal, farming in Gaza, mental health update
Fewer people from West Africa are reaching Europe by sea, but the journey has not become safer, the UN migration agency (IOM) said on...
800 million young people face a future without jobs
Approximately 800 million young people entering the labour market in developing economies over the coming years will not find jobs unless countries act, the...
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