With extreme weather events increasingly impacting countries across the world, the deputy UN chief on Monday underlined the importance of limiting temperature rise to the internationally agreed goal of 1.5 degrees...
Women in Afghanistan play a “critical role” in delivering aid, the UN Humanitarian told the leadership of the Taliban in Kabul on Sunday, calling...
Despite hopes that by now the pandemic would be under control, the head of the UN’s health agency told the G20 leading industrialized nations...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Sep 06 (IPS) – Headlines in the press, live TV and internet coverage of the chaos at Kabul airport following the...
ROME, Sep 06 (IPS) – There are several points of similarity between the war in Afghanistan and the war in Viet Nam. The Taliban,...
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Sep 06 (IPS) – Like most of us, I rely on news media to find an explanation to tragedies I watch...
Syria: Prevent ‘entire generation from being lost’, urges UN humanitarian chief
Some 13.4 million Syrians throughout the beleaguered country are in need of assistance, the UN humanitarian office said on Saturday, calling for “greater access...
Internationally Trained Medical Doctors are Part of the Solution in Post-Covid-19 Canadian Healthcare System
Sep 03 (IPS) – Access to quality healthcare is a basic human right, but for many, especially those in vulnerable communities, the right is...
KARACHI, Pakistan, Sep 03 (IPS) – “If I fall into the hands of the Taliban, not only me but my family will be killed,”...
FROM THE FIELD: Bringing aid to Haiti, a country at breaking point
Humanitarian workers supporting relief efforts in Haiti following the devastation caused by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake, are contending with widespread insecurity, including gang violence, as...
The Takeaway: UN General Assembly debate Day 5 
Lavrov issues call for new Eurasian ‘security architecture’ 
Cuba warns against ‘law of the jungle’ as Foreign Minister denounces US pressure 
Saudi Arabia warns Gulf security inseparable from global stability amid regional tensions