Fresh clashes between Myanmar security forces and regional armed groups have displaced thousands across the country, the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs...
Child displacement in the Central African Republic (CAR) has now reached its highest level since 2014, according to the latest estimates from the UN...
Why Experts are Saying Its a Make or Break Moment for Forests
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 28 (IPS) – A new global report on forests says that while the COVID-19 pandemic is the latest threat to achieving...
Why Variants are Most Likely to Blame for India’s COVID Surge
Apr 28 (IPS) – With more than 300,000 new COVID cases a day and hospitals and crematoria facing collapse, Director-General of the World Health...
Climate change may have changed the direction of the North Pole’s drift
A sudden zag in which way the North Pole’ was drifting in the 1990s probably stemmed in large part from glacial melt caused by...
The numbers of home workers around the world have been swelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, putting a fresh focus on the need for employers...
State of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka: Are Government Policies Effective in Controlling it?
NEW JERSEY, Apr 28 (IPS) – The writer is Professor of Medicine, Director, Cardio-Metabolic Institute, New Jersey, U.S.A. The SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) affected the...
The UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) issued a statement on Tuesday, alongside international partners, strongly condemning an outbreak of violence in the capital Mogadishu and urging all sides to “exercise maximum restraint, resume dialogue, and avoid...
The leader of Myanmar’s ‘Tatmadaw’ military has been urged to publicly commit to honoring the fundamental right to freedom of expression for those protesting...
Ensuring warring parties respect international humanitarian law is the first step towards protecting civilians and critical infrastructure during conflict, the UN’s top aid official...
Coordinated action on clean air and climate change can net $15 for every dollar spent 
Human rights chief Türk renews call for end to spiralling Sudan war 
AI: Türk urges action before it becomes an ‘existential risk to humanity’ 
UNGA 81: A United Nations at a Turning Point