Nigeria’s School Kidnapping Threat Is Changing: 4 Lessons from the 56 Day Oyo Attack
YOLA, Nigeria, October 7 (IPS) – Following the mass abduction of 46 pupils and teachers in Oyo State, south-west Nigeria in 2026, the authorities...
Ukrainian Groups Urge WHO to Act on Torture of Captives by Russian Medical Staff
BRATISLAVA, October 7 (IPS) – More than 60 Ukrainian organisations have issued an appeal to the World Health Organisation (WHO) to help stop the...
A quake on Mars may have set these rocks rolling
Fresh boulder tracks on Mars could reveal how a quake shook the planet and help scientists detect future tremors from orbit.
Remember the ‘caregiving kills’ study? Reality is more nuanced
A decades-old claim linking caregiving stress to risk of death has stuck around, hampering research into its benefits. But caregivers still need support.
Israeli demolition in East Jerusalem displaces 69 Palestinians
Sixty-nine Palestinians – more than half of them children – were displaced on Tuesday after Israeli authorities green lit the demolition of their residential...
Djibouti faces ‘overlapping emergencies’ as Yemen’s refugee exodus continues
Djibouti is facing “overlapping emergencies” as refugees fleeing the conflict in Yemen arrive on its shores while migrants continue to travel in the opposite...
From drought to deluge: ‘Super’ El Niño’s expanding reach
Across Papua New Guinea, water sources are drying up, crops are failing and food prices are rising months before the worst agricultural impacts are...
An extinct crocodilian was found among rocks that built the Great Sphinx
Herugavialis is the new name for a fossil found in the same rocks that built the Great Sphinx. The reptile is a unique branch...
When streets become pharmacies: Booming illicit markets in Central Africa
Antibiotics, malaria treatments, painkillers, opioids. More than 250 tonnes of medical products were seized over six years in Central Africa. Behind those numbers is...
‘Ebola takes the people children depend on’: UNICEF
The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is robbing children of their loved ones – with some succumbing to...
WHO calls for urgent health action across the Eastern Mediterranean 
Yemen: WFP warns of potential ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ as fighting blocks aid delivery 
Security Council LIVE: Libya in the spotlight amid ‘encouraging progress’ 
Health workers tackle taboos over drinking with new AI tool