World News in Brief: Shipping alert from IMO, democracy vanishing in Nicaragua, alert over political ‘denialism’
Amid a rising number of attacks on shipping in key waterways in the Middle East linked to the US-Iran war, the head of UN...
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Killing of Environmental Defenders Reflects Power Struggle Over World’s Resources
LONDON & SRINAGAR, India, September 16 (IPS) – At least 124 land and environmental defenders were killed around the world in 2025 while protecting...
The world comes to New York: What’s at stake at UN General Assembly high-level week
Each September, New York becomes the centre of global diplomacy as presidents, prime ministers, ministers and diplomats from around the world gather at United...
African Farmers Demand Affordable Finance as Governments Fall Short on Funding
KIGALI, September 16 (IPS) – Agriculture remains underfunded in Africa as governments struggle to deliver on decades-old promises to dedicate 10% of national income...
One Man’s Quest to End Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Mali
UNITED NATIONS, September 16 (IPS) – In Mali, an estimated nine out of ten women and girls have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). And...
Renewed Hostilities In Yemen Inflame Displacement and Regional Risks
UNITED NATIONS, September 16 (IPS) – In recent days, the humanitarian situation in Yemen has deteriorated sharply following a new escalation of hostilities between...
Ukraine: Attacks on education threaten an entire generation, UNICEF warns
In an underground classroom in Sumy, Ukraine, children sit quietly at their desks, busy with the day’s lessons. For the moment they are shielded...
Back to school in Haiti: ‘Madame, can you stop what the gangs are doing to us?’
When UNICEF’s Representative in Haiti Geetanjali Narayan stepped into a classroom in Port-au-Prince at the start of the new school year, she asked the...
Ebola responders grapple with widening outbreak in DR Congo
The deadly Ebola virus outbreak in DR Congo continues to spread across the vast country despite some success in containing it, aid officials said...
UNICEF says thousands of children require mental health support after Nepal floods
Three weeks after the devastating flash floods in Nepal, about 17,000 children require urgent mental health and psychosocial support in the country, the UN...
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