UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday urged Libya’s unity government and European Union (EU) countries to act to protect migrants...
A call to use Africa’s rich cultural and natural heritage as a catalyst for growth and transformation is “the right appeal at the right...
The COVID-19 pandemic is worsening the already difficult situation of older refugees across Latin America, according to a joint assessment published on Wednesday by...
During relative calm, growing humanitarian suffering in Syria, a ‘tragic irony’
Violent conflict, terrorism and human rights abuses continue in Syria as its besieged population suffers economic destitution, displacement, detention and abduction, the UN’s Special...
JAKARTA, Apr 07 (IPS) – Residents of Ngadirejo village in Sukaharjo regency, Central Java province, had often found themselves helpless when their wells dried...
5 things you should know about ICAO, the UN aviation agency
In response to the apparent forced landing of a commercial passenger plane in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, the International Civil Aviation Organization, ICAO, convened...
Q&A: If China had a Free Press COVID-19 Pandemic ‘May not Have been so Severe’
BRATISLAVA, May 26 (IPS) – China is one of the worst places in the world for media freedom, according to the global media watchdog...
In a first, neutrinos were caught interacting at the Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider’s claim to fame is its ability to unveil elusive subatomic particles. But there’s one class of particle that it had...
MONTREAL/VICTORIA, Canada, May 26 (IPS) – Over the past 75 years, there have been many UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions acknowledging Israel’s violations of...
People Power: Why Mobilisations Matter Even in a Pandemic
NEW YORK, May 26 (IPS) – It has been one year since the police murder of George Floyd, an outrage that resonated around the...
900 obstacles and counting: West Bank families trapped as aid access shrinks 
‘Ebola is winning’: Epidemic now killing one person every 30 minutes 
‘Warned but not protected’: Four in ten adults in England ignore heat alerts 
Meth trafficking across Middle East becoming more advanced, UNODC warns