Fighting deepens needs and fuels further displacement in Sudan
Ongoing conflict, displacement and funding shortages continue to deepen needs in Sudan, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned on...
Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan Forge Mutual Defence Pact, as Iran Pursues New Shipping Framework
Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan Forge Mutual Defence Pact, as Iran Pursues New Shipping Framework
UNITED NATIONS, August 11 (IPS) – In Makkah, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Republic Türkiye, and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan agreed to...
Resilience Is Not Enough: OCHA Sounds Alarm on Underfunded Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan
UNITED NATIONS, August 11 (IPS) – “Mainly, people tell me they’re exhausted. They’re exhausted from being poor, from being hungry, from repeated climate shocks,...
Humanitarian aid warehouses come under attack in Ukraine
Russia’s ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine has left civilians vulnerable to repeated deadly attacks and humanitarian workers and key facilities being targeted and destroyed....
The Earth Is Burning — And We Are Still Choosing to Let It
VICTORIA, Seychelles, August 10 (IPS) – I have spent my life on an island. From the granite hills of Mahé, one can watch the...
Asia’s Energy Progress Is Great, But Must Pick Up Pace
MELBOURNE, Australia, August 10 (IPS) – In much of the Asia-Pacific region, energy is a success story. Electricity access has greatly increased and the...
Living Longer at Age 80
PORTLAND, USA, August 10 (IPS) – Upon reaching the age of 80, men and women are living longer than ever before. These gains in longevity...
Sad or afraid? Dogs may be able to read your face
A new brain-imaging study suggests that dogs may be able to distinguish between certain negative human emotions just by looking at people’s faces.
Science backs calls for limiting screens in schools
School device use links with lower test scores and distractions abound. But reversing the entrenched pandemic pivot to screens will be hard.
Sudan: ‘It made me dream again’: The students refusing to let war stop their education
Sarah Tekhlu was ready to give up on university. An Eritrean refugee, she had already been displaced once from Khartoum to Madani, then again...
African Rights Advocates Coordinate Response to Family Law Backlash 
Stars’ plasma spurts may be blocked by magnetic fields 
Rising Trade Values Mask the True Cost of Global Supply Chain Disruptions 
Why Dhaka Floods Every Monsoon