The international community should urgently offer a “lifeline” to millions of vulnerable Afghans “who face perhaps their most perilous hour”, the UN Secretary-General said...
The UN atomic watchdog reached an agreement with Iran on Sunday allowing the Agency access to surveillance cameras inside its atomic facilities. Read the...
Raise Retirement Ages
PORTLAND, US, Sep 13 (IPS) – Raise retirement ages! That’s the simple, clear and unavoidable message that economics and demographics are sending to governments...
A beautiful oak leaf portrait won the 2021 Nikon Small World photography contest
A closeup view of even the most common objects can make the mundane look spectacular. A glimpse of the underside of a southern live...
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 13 (IPS) – When the high-level segment of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly opens September 21, the Islamic...
A Milestone Anniversary Reiterates The Culture of Peace is a Movement, not a Revolution
NEW YORK, Sep 13 (IPS) – Today, on 13 September 2021, the UN Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the General Assembly in...
In Somalia, Deputy UN chief encourages progress on women’s political participation, and peaceful elections
The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina J. Mohammed, visited Somalia on Sunday, to express her solidarity with Somali women’s calls for full and equal...
FIRST PERSON: Human trafficking, migrant smuggling, still significant threats in Asia
Human trafficking and the smuggling of migrants are going to remain significant threats to human security, that’s according to a trafficking and migrant expert...
The rise in hate crimes against people of Asian and Pacific Island heritage in the United States since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Twenty years to the day since the terror attack that brought down the iconic Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars? 
This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now