Leaders in Libya must take immediate steps to resolve their political impasse, which is spilling over into increasing violence, UN political affairs chief Rosemary...
Visa refusal for UN human rights staff in Palestine part of wider ‘worrying trend’: Bachelet
UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet has deplored Israel’s refusal to grant visas for her staff in the occupied Palestinian territory, according to...
INTERVIEW: ‘Break the bonds of shame’ about slavery – UN rights experts
31 August marks the International Day for People of African Descent, on which the UN calls for the elimination of all forms of discrimination...
Enforced disappearance a serious human rights violation, used to spread terror
Observed this Tuesday, the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances reaffirms the need for victims’ families to know the truth about what happened to...
Mental Health as a Human Right Left Behind for Children in Fragile and Humanitarian Settings
Copenhagen, Aug 30 (IPS) – Hiding in basements during bombings, fleeing their homes, going hungry, and facing the devastating and life-transformative traumas of losing...
A $160 million emergency plan to help Pakistan deal with devastating flooding has been launched by the United Nations, aiming to reach “5.2 million...
A Tale of the Spanish Neckties and Other Made-in-Europe Things
MADRID, Aug 30 (IPS) – Shortly before the 25 August approval by the Spanish Parliament of the government’s plan to save energy, the country’s...
Humanitarian Crisis Unfolds With Pakistan in the Eye of Fiercest Climate Change Storm
KARACHI, Aug 30 (IPS) – The heavy and incessant monsoon downpours across Pakistan in the last two months have triggered floods wreaking havoc across...
The curious case of the 471-day coronavirus infection
As omicron subvariant BA.5 continues to drive the coronavirus’ spread in the United States, I’ve been thinking about what could come next. Omicron and...
This bizarre ancient critter has been kicked out of a group that includes humans
No ifs, ands or butts about it: A teeny roughly 530-million-year-old critter that lacks an anus is not, as previously thought, the oldest member...
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