Afghanistan hunger crisis intensifies as millions left without food aid
Afghanistan’s dire hunger crisis now affects 14 million people including babies fed on little more than weak tea and bread by their despairing and...
Climate Change Makes Sacred Ice Vanish in Kashmir, Locals Fear Loss of Livelihoods
SRINAGAR, India, August 4 (IPS) – Every summer, before dawn breaks over the Himalayas, Bashir Ahmad leads his horses onto the narrow mountain trail...
Is AI making us dumber? Maybe not. But our skills are at risk
Studies suggest AI can weaken learning when it replaces effort, but tools that guide rather than answer may help people keep their skills.
Emperor penguin chicks like these starved. An iceberg may be the cause
An emperor penguin colony in Antarctica saw a massive decline in chicks in 2025. The contours of a nearby grounded iceberg may have been...
Israeli forces reportedly killed more than two dozen Palestinians in Gaza and violated Lebanese airspace more than 100 times over the weekend despite ongoing...
Drone strikes are posing deadly risks to civilians in Sudan and hampering humanitarian efforts to reach them as attacks continue to affect conflict-hit areas,...
Trade Liberalisation Never Lifted All Boats
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, August 4 (IPS) – President Trump has blamed trade liberalisation advocated by globalists for US deindustrialisation. Instead, his own weaponisation of...
After Restoring Stability, Argentina Needs to Turn Hard-Won Gains into Lasting Prosperity
WASHINGTON DC, August 4 (IPS) – My first meeting in Buenos Aires began with an unexpected gift. Economy Minister Luis Caputo presented me with...
Saudi Arabia Forms Multinational Red Sea Defence Alliance as U.S.-Iran War Threatens Global Shipping
Saudi Arabia Forms Multinational Red Sea Defence Alliance as U.S.-Iran War Threatens Global Shipping
UNITED NATIONS, August 3 (IPS) – As the United States and Iran continue to escalate with military strikes across both fronts, the conflict took...
“Kingston’s Disappointment Should Not Extinguish Our Hope for the Deep Ocean”
VICTORIA, Seychelles, August 3 (IPS) – Earlier this year, I called publicly for a precautionary pause on deep-sea mining, arguing that it is not...
‘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