Cuba: Independent experts condemn new US sanctions as humanitarian crisis deepens
Independent UN human rights experts on Thursday condemned a fresh round of US sanctions against Cuba, calling them an attempt to force change on...
‘A clear violation’: Guterres deplores deadliest attack on Kyiv this year
UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned on Wednesday the deadliest Russian strikes on Kyiv this year, which killed 17 people and caused extensive damage to...
US Arms Stockpiles Hit by Iran War
UNITED NATIONS, August 7 (IPS) – The highly- unpredictable five-month-old US-Iran war has been plagued by on-again, off-again peace agreements — with such monotonous...
The World’s Aid Workers Must Be Protected
NAIROBI, Kenya, August 7 (IPS) – This summer, an ambush on a marked humanitarian convoy in Duk County, South Sudan, left 17 dead and...
Burkina Faso’s Cancelled Democracy
LONDON, August 7 (IPS) – Burkina Faso’s charismatic young military leader, army captain Ibrahim Traoré, has stopped pretending. In April, he declared that people...
Gaza: 300 children killed in 300 days of Israeli-Hamas ‘ceasefire’
At least 300 children in Gaza have been reportedly killed in as many days since a ceasefire agreement came into effect last October to...
Security Council LIVE: Warnings of famine and collapse as South Sudan’s peace deal frays
Nearly eight million people in South Sudan – more than half the population – face crisis-level hunger, with famine risk now flagged in four...
‘Wanton, intentional infliction of incredible pain’ by gangs in Haiti
Gangs in Haiti continue to terrorize communities with the “wanton, intentional infliction of incredible pain” on people who often are just in the wrong...
Here’s what the first mRNA flu vaccine could mean for flu season
Compared with standard flu shots, Moderna’s mFlusiva generates stronger, longer-lasting immunity and is more effective at preventing infection, data show.
Sugar may have been a key ingredient in human evolution
A sweet tooth for sugars from fruits and honey may have helped fuel brain growth in our primate cousins and early human ancestors, a...
‘Don’t give up’: Syrian women’s ongoing search for the missing 
Repression of political opposition surges in post-election Zambia 
World News in Brief: US-Iran war intensifies, aid for Myanmar, casualties in Ukraine 
Africa Has the Answers to Its Food Security Challenges. What It Needs Is the Architecture to Act on Them