UNICEF says thousands of children require mental health support after Nepal floods
Three weeks after the devastating flash floods in Nepal, about 17,000 children require urgent mental health and psychosocial support in the country, the UN...
Security Council LIVE: Rising violence triggers emergency meeting on Yemen
Amid rising violence in Yemen, the Security Council has called an emergency meeting at 3pm (NY time) on Tuesday to discuss the situation in...
What’s Special About Negotiating Agreements for Mining Critical Minerals?
“Critical minerals” are critical in the eyes of firms and governments in industrialized countries because they are indispensable for products such as modern automobiles,...
Meet Swiftiephylus, an Australian bug named after Taylor Swift
Four newly described species of Australian plant bug have been named in honor of renowned recording artist Taylor Swift.
‘Bogland’ explores beautifully strange ecosystems
Ecologist Merritt Turetsky’s devotion to bogs, fens and other fascinating water-logged spaces saturates her new book.
Will the General Assembly Continue to be Subservient to the P-5 Refusing to Challenge the Nominee for UN Chief?
UNITED NATIONS, September 15 (IPS) – As the race for the election of a new Secretary-General (UNSG) gathers momentum, the spotlight is on the...
September 11 and the End of the American Dream<br>The Day That Changed Everything
On 11 September 2001 I was in New York, on one of my frequent visits to the United Nations, to which I was tied...
Transnational Repression: A World Without Refuge
On 24 August, I took part in a human rights conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Days before it opened, the city legislature cancelled the...
Countries must increase AI regulation to avoid ‘existential risks’: Türk
Voluntary self-regulation by companies developing frontier artificial intelligence (AI) is “nowhere near sufficient” to address existing harms and prevent advanced autonomous AI models from...
Civilians bear the brunt, with deadly US strikes in Iran and thousands displaced in Yemen
Independent UN human rights investigators called for an immediate cessation of hostilities on Monday following a series of United States airstrikes on Iran in...
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