A spate of clashes involving Government security forces and insurgent groups in northeast Nigeria has caused mass displacement and threatened humanitarian assistance, as armed...
INTERVIEW: Myanmar military increasing efforts to keep truth from getting out, UN expert says
The crackdown on journalists, cutting off the Internet and disrupting the flow of information across Myanmar, is “not working”, and the world is not...
50 years ago, the United States wanted to deflate the helium stockpile
Helium: Should it be conserved? — Science News, April 17, 1971 To avoid some of the loss and provide a stockpile against future needs,...
World Moving Towards a Devastating Marriage of Artificial Intelligence & Weapons of War
STOCKHOLM, Apr 16 (IPS) – Landmines are among the most insidious and cruel weapons of all, because they do not distinguish between armed soldiers,...
BENIN CITY, Nigeria, Apr 16 (IPS) – In this video Sam Olukoya interviews a young woman who was trafficked from her home in Nigeria...
Eight Egyptian architects have been awarded the job of restoring the historic Al-Nouri Mosque complex in Mosul, Iraq, the UN cultural chief announced on...
Three independent UN human rights experts expressed deep regret on Thursday over Japan’s decision to discharge potentially still radioactive Fukushima nuclear plant water into...
The UN Special Envoy for Yemen appealed on Thursday for warring parties to implement a nationwide ceasefire and agree a date for peace talks,...
The COVID-19 pandemic is leading to “an even more unequal world”, the Deputy UN chief said on Thursday, speaking at the closing session of...
Neandertal DNA from cave mud shows two waves of migration across Eurasia
Neandertal DNA recovered from cave mud reveals that these ancient humans spread across Eurasia in two different waves. Analysis of genetic material from three...
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