Kazakhstan Has Spent 23 Years Bringing Faiths Together. Now Comes the Harder Part.
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, October 12 (IPS) – In a world increasingly divided by war, political distrust and competing ideologies, Kazakhstan has spent more than two...
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Djibouti shipwreck: Death toll rises to 139 as 84 remain missing
At least 139 migrants have died after their boat capsized off Djibouti, with a further 84 people still missing, the UN migration agency (IOM)...
Nearly 50,000 Women and Girls Killed or Severely Injured in Gaza in Three Years of War – One in 21 Gazan Women and Girls
UNITED NATIONS, October 9 (IPS) – Since October 2023, 50,000 women and girls in Gaza have been killed or seriously injured. Read the full...
‘Serious blow’: Guterres condemns new US sanctions on International Criminal Court
The United States has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) as an institution, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowing on Friday...
Security Council LIVE: Cycle of escalating attacks on civilians in Ukraine ‘must end now’
Escalating violence and human rights violations in the four-year-old Russia-Ukraine war are in the spotlight in the Security Council on Friday following a spate...
Livestreaming US execution would breach prohibition of torture, UN rights office warns
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Friday warned that livestreaming a planned execution by firing squad in the United States would amount to...
Global trade reaches record $35 trillion despite conflicts
World trade reached a record $35 trillion in 2025 – but developing countries were held back from greater participation in the global economy because...
World News in Brief: ‘Horrific’ attack in Sudan, Israeli incursions in Syria intensify, most women and girls homeless in Gaza
A suspected drone strike has left at least 40 dead in Sudan’s Blue Nile State – near the Ethiopian border – according to initial...
Former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay awarded Nobel Peace Prize
South African jurist and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay was on Friday announced as the winner of the 2026 Nobel...
Security Council LIVE: Yemen in spotlight as Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia escalate
The Security Council meets top of the hour to discuss Yemen, where a Houthi offensive launched in September has sharply escalated the 12-year-long war...
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