Security Council LIVE: Rising tide of forced displacement
At a time when war, climate crises and man-made disasters continue to displace millions around the world, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees will...
Sudan’s farmers are ready to return – private investment could get them there
The war in Sudan has devastated the economy and agricultural production, but a UN-backed plan aims to mobilise private sector investment to help farmers...
Africa needs its own AI solutions, not borrowed ones, says expert
Africa should focus its use of technology on solving its own real challenges rather than copying the systems and priorities of other parts of...
Nepal PM urges climate justice after ‘Himalayan tsunami’ devastates country
Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah brought a stark warning from the Himalayas to the UN General Assembly on Thursday, saying catastrophic floods that killed...
Nepal’s Devastating Floods Have Put Women and Girls at Greater Risk
KATHMANDU, Nepal / NEW YORK, United States , September 25 (IPS) – On August 26, 2026, deadly flash floods and landslides ripped through Himalayan...
Forty Years of the ‘Right to Development’: When Growth Excludes, Is It Still Development?
UNITED NATIONS & BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, September 25 (IPS) – World leaders have warned that the most vulnerable people have been left behind as the...
Myanmar: Corporate Complicity in the Spotlight
LONDON, September 25 (IPS) – On 15 September, Norwegian police and security services raided the headquarters of Telenor in Oslo. Authorities accuse the multinational...
These are the first feathers ever found in fossilized dinosaur poop
The rare fossil hints that differences in plumage may explain why some Cretaceous-era birds survived an asteroid impact but others died.
See the secret to DNA hookups
A record player-like microscope and computer simulations solve a longtime mystery, showing that metal ions bridge DNA strands that would normally repel.
AI-Driven Climate Change Pushes Frontline Communities Further Into Environmental Degradation and Poverty
UNITED NATIONS, September 25 (IPS) – On September 21, Frontline Resource Institute (FRI) hosted its Climate Justice Hub at Fordham University at Lincoln Center...
WHO calls for urgent health action across the Eastern Mediterranean 
Yemen: WFP warns of potential ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ as fighting blocks aid delivery 
Security Council LIVE: Libya in the spotlight amid ‘encouraging progress’ 
Health workers tackle taboos over drinking with new AI tool