Middle East: 94 per cent need shelter in Gaza, Israel ramps up demolitions in Lebanon
Ninety-four cent of Gaza’s 2.1 million residents need shelter as Israeli gunfire and strikes continue inside the enclave, UN agencies and peacekeepers warned on...
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UNAIDS Framework Pushes for the Protection and Integration of HIV Care
UNITED NATIONS, August 21 (IPS) – As the global HIV response shifts toward sustainable, nationally led, and rights-based care, a new UNAIDS framework published...
Russian missiles kill 17 more in Ukraine as Guterres calls for ceasefire
Russian ballistic missile strikes killed 17 people and injured more than 40 in and around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Thursday, local authorities reported....
Cockroach Insult Unleashes Biggest Challenge yet to Modi’s Repressive Rule
LONDON, August 21 (IPS) – India’s strongman leader, Narendra Modi, has just been forced to do the thing he likes least: making concessions in...
As elections near, South Sudan risks new atrocity crimes, warns rights probe
The under-reported humanitarian crisis in South Sudan risks deepening with the real possibility of further atrocity crimes unless renewed fighting stops, a UN-backed probe...
DR Congo receives 70,000 Ebola vaccine doses as Bundibugyo outbreak spreads
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will receive 70,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine from the UN’s international vaccine coordination group (ICG) to...
The clean energy transition needs land. Can it help restore it too?
What if the infrastructure needed to fight climate change could also help repair the land beneath it? Read the full story, “The clean energy...
How the Taliban Hunt Women in Afghanistan
ROME, August 20 (IPS) – FIVE years after the Taliban returned to power, Fawzia Koofi, the former Deputy Speaker of the Afghan Parliament, denounces...
World Humanitarian Day — Protect Aid Workers Against Drones
UNITED NATIONS, August 20 (IPS) – World Humanitarian Day celebrates humanitarian workers and the life-saving services they provide under the most complex and often...
International Criminal Court: New US sanctions ‘a flagrant attack’ against its independence
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday responded to a new round of US sanctions targeting its president and a senior prosecutor, calling them...
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