Humanitarian needs, including a lack of shelter, are soaring among displaced communities, as fighting continues in Yemen’s Marib governorate, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)...
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NEW DELHI, India, Aug 24 (IPS) – As I write this, India has just celebrated the 75th anniversary of its independence from British rule...
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 (IPS) – Instead of a health system striving to provide universal healthcare, a fragmented, profit-driven market ‘non-system’ has...
Afghanistan women’s rights are ‘red line’, UN rights chief tells States
UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet led calls on Tuesday for Afghanistan’s new Taliban leaders to respect the rights of all Afghans and warned that...
Drought, Storms, Intense Rainfall and Fires Threatening Millions in Latin America and the Caribbean
NEW YORK, Aug 24 (IPS) – In 2020, Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia faced their worst drought in half a century. The Atlantic Basin saw...
Refugee Paralympic Team ‘will change people’s lives’, says Bayern Munich player and UN Goodwill Ambassador
Ahead of the opening of the Paralympic Games in Tokyo on Tuesday, Alphonso Davies, footballer for German league champions Bayern Munich and Goodwill Ambassador for the...
First Person: Health workers in Afghanistan brave safety fears, to continue treating the sick
An Afghan doctor has told UN News that he is committed to providing essential healthcare services to people who have fled their homes due...
Protection for children caught up in war must be at the heart of the international agenda, including COVID-19 response, a senior UN official said...
Woman Farmer Shows Way as Small Island Developing State Battles Pandemics Impacts
APIA, Samoa, Aug 23 (IPS) – Keni Lesa works on SIDS Solution Platform Communications for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...
Solutions to Food Insecurity Top Agenda in Meeting of Small Island Developing States
CANBERRA, Australia, Aug 23 (IPS) – The urgency of finding solutions to the most pressing development challenges of our times has increased as the...
UN report warns of reprisals against those who collaborate in defence of human rights 
Gaza: At least 20 killed in deadly building collapse, search for survivors continues 
Security Council LIVE: ‘Being a woman is a crime in Afghanistan,’ civil society briefer declares 
AI, climate and conflicts top Guterres’s agenda ahead of General Assembly