Disarmament research agency UNIDIR called on Thursday for more women to take their rightful place in international security discussions – a move that’s been warmly welcomed...
Earth champion David Attenborough bestowed Lifetime Achievement award
In honour of David Attenborough’s dedication to research, documentation, and advocacy in protecting and restoring nature, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) announced on Thursday...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Apr 21 (IPS) – With public debt reaching record highs both in developed and emerging markets– and with even more...
Women in Argentina Cultivate Dignity in Their Cooperative Vegetable Garden
BUENOS AIRES, Apr 21 (IPS) – The space consists of just 300 square meters full of green where there is an agro-ecological vegetable garden...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Apr 21 (IPS) – With public debt reaching record highs both in developed and emerging markets– and with even more...
Europe Sweeps Away More Refugees, Asylum Seekers – Part I: UK, Greece
MADRID, Apr 21 (IPS) – In what looks pretty much like an ‘operation clean sweep’ aiming at getting rid of more and more migrants,...
Why taking medications during pregnancy is so confusing
Obstetrician Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman was treating patients in New York City when the COVID-19 pandemic swept in. Hospitals began filling up. Some of her pregnant...
Road to European Dream Paved by Extortion and Exploitation
Cairo, Egypt, Apr 21 (IPS) – Last June, Mit Al Korama’s youth gathered in front of one of their homes on a summer evening...
Guterres urges youth: Keep pushing, mobilizing, ‘bringing your ideas to the table’
Despite war, COVID-19 and the climate crisis, all of which compound the other challenges facing young people today, the UN chief lauded youth for...
Guterres requests meetings with Russian and Ukrainian Presidents
In efforts to end the war in Ukraine, Secretary-General António Guterres has written separate letters to the leaders of Russia and Ukraine to request...
‘Make or bake time’: Guterres urges climate justice pact as leaders gather at COP31 
Lebanon: After 48 years patrolling the Blue Line, UN peacekeepers prepare exit 
Hotter World, Older Population: How Long Can Climate COPs Ignore the Obvious? 
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2026