Worlds Nuclear Arms on High Operational Alert — & Ready to Strike
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 15 (IPS) – The world’s nine nuclear armed states have downsized their military arsenals, but made up for their loss by...
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Immediate action is required now to initiate critical reforms and lay the groundwork for credible elections in Mali, where the security situation is as...
Stepping up global efforts to combat land degradation is the only way to safeguard food and water security, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ward...
Violence against elderly has risen during COVID, UN expert warns
With “entrenched ageist attitudes” already undermining the autonomy of elder persons in making their own choices and decisions, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought into...
UN strongly condemns ‘appalling’ attack on Syrian hospital
Senior UN officials have condemned a deadly attack on a hospital in Syria this past weekend, underlining the need for accountability for crimes committed...
Charcoal Production Risks Future of Zimbabwes Native Forests
BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE, Jun 14 (IPS) – Once a week a tonnage of fresh charcoal is dropped off at Sibangani Tshobe’s rugged, pit-stop stall by...
As Lebanon endures one of its worst financial and economic crises ever, the UN estimates that over the next eight months around $300 million...
COVID-19 cases drop for seventh week, but deaths fall less slowly: WHO
The number of new COVID-19 cases reported to the UN health agency has declined for seven weeks in a row, in what the top...
Britain Must Fix Its Anti-Muslim Sentiment Problem
NEW DELHI, India, Jun 14 (IPS) – In 2015, When Rabina Khan was running as an independent candidate in the Tower Hamlets’ mayoral elections...
Letter from Rome Italy at the Crossroads
ROME, Jun 14 (IPS) – Italy, as other countries, has been struggling to balance the health and economic challenges posed by COVID-19. Controlling the...
Renewed Hostilities In Yemen Inflame Displacement and Regional Risks 
One Man’s Quest to End Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Mali 
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?’