After extending the COP26 climate negotiations an extra day, nearly 200 countries in Glasgow, Scotland, adopted on Saturday an outcome document that, according to...
Diabetes Equates the Rich and the Poor
NAIROBI, Nov 12 (IPS) – Although for different reasons, diabetes appears to be one of the few cases that put rich and poor societies...
Feature: Female mentors empower girls to reach for the stars in space careers
Growing up in 1970s New York, Mindy Howard received no encouragement at home and was ridiculed at school for her dream to become an...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged Libyans to forge a spirt of national unity and overcome any remaining differences ahead of landmark presidential and...
As COP26 deadline slips, negotiators to keep working to agree crucial climate deal
COP26, the UN climate summit in Glasgow, is running into overtime, as leaders and negotiators will keep working to reach a deal that could...
Almost two million cases of COVID-19 were reported in Europe last week, the most in a single week in that region since the pandemic started, according...
World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley concluded a three-day visit to Syria on Friday, warning that more people there are in the grips of...
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday urged authorities in Myanmar to immediately release all journalists who have been jailed for practicing...
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) logo illuminating against the Eiffel Tower on Friday commemorated the agency’s 75th annivesary. Read the full story, “UNESCO celebrates 75th anniversary, logo...
Lake Chad Basin: Fighting terrorism, ‘decisive test’ on biggest challenges of our time
The situation in Africa’s Lake Chad Basin region remains highly volatile, the UN peacekeeping chief told the Security Council on Friday, spotlighting a rising tide...
Hunger is ‘an avoidable tragedy’ in a world of plenty: Türk 
UN condemns deadly wave of drone strikes in war-torn Sudan 
Guterres honours Indonesian troops who paid ‘ultimate sacrifice’ 
‘Season of fear’: Escalating Israeli attacks on West Bank olive farmers, deadly strikes on Gaza