The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday urged continued international support for Ukraine’s population as Russian airstrikes ...

Twenty people associated with Kenya’s first case of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease have been reunited with their families ...

Levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other major greenhouse gases in the atmosphere caused by burning fossil fuels reached ...

GENEVA, October 28 (IPS) - Governments today face an extraordinarily difficult set of tasks: cutting emissions, protecting nature, reducing pollution, creating jobs, strengthening economies, and ...

Notwithstanding last minute shenanigans and the possibility of backroom deals by powerful states, two women from Latin America are leading contenders in the race for the UN’s next Secretary-General.

Much of the world has been bemused by US President Donald Trump’s expectation of the Nobel Peace Prize. While aggressive ...

Classrooms with mouldy walls, riddled with cockroaches and rats, stifling in summer and freezing in winter: this is how ...

LONDON, October 26 (IPS) - Classrooms with mouldy walls, riddled with cockroaches and rats, stifling in summer and freezing in winter: this is how French high school students describe the places where ...

NEW YORK, October 27 (IPS) - The selection of the next Secretary-General of the United Nations has reached a critical juncture. It raises fundamental questions about fairness, transparency, regional ...

ROME & DAR ES SALAAM, October 27 (IPS) - The message from Just Rights for Children (JRC) was clear: protecting children must take precedence over customs used to justify their marriage.

Levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other major greenhouse gases in the atmosphere caused by burning fossil fuels reached record highs in 2025, locking in more long-term global warming, the World ...

Less than 100 metres from military positions facing each other across the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, the forest suddenly ...