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Security Council meets to discuss threats to international peace and security. Credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten by Cecilia Russel (united nations and johannesburg) Monday January 5, 2026 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS & JOHANNESBURG, Jan 5 (IPS) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep concern about Venezuela’s immediate future. In a statement read by the Under-Secretary-General […]
Credit: Isabel Infantes/Reuters via Gallo Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (London) Tuesday December 30, 2025 Inter-Press Office LONDON, Dec 30 (IPS) – Satellite images showing corpses piled high in El Fasher, North Darfur, awaiting mass burial or cremation as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia tries to hide the extent of his crimes. Up to […]
In the Central Gaza Strip, State of Palestine, four-year-old Abd Al Kareem eats from a pouch of lipid-based nutritional supplements (LNS) during a UNICEF survey on malnutrition. Credit: UNICEF/Rawan Eleyan by Oritro Karim (united nations) Tuesday December 23, 2025 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Dec 23 (IPS) – Despite notable improvements in humanitarian conditions in the […]
by external source Monday December 22, 2025 Inter-Press Office Multiple shocks have defined 2025: conflict, climate crisis and shrinking democracy. Multilateral institutions were tested like never before. At the COP30 in Belém, Brazil, governments argued over words as the planet warmed. But under the pressure, countries agreed on steps that kept global climate cooperation alive. […]
Opinion by Farhana Haque Rahman (Toronto, Canada) Monday December 22, 2025 Inter-Press Office TORONTO, Canada, Dec 22 (IPS) – Our traditional ‘year-end’ typically begins with a grim litany of global disasters and crises from the past twelve months, highlights IPS partners and contributors and culminates in a more positive-sounding finale. This time I want to […]
Credit: Annegret Hilse/Reuters via Gallo Images Opinion by inés m. pousadela (Montevideo, Uruguay) Wednesday December 17, 2025 Inter-Press Office MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Dec 17 (IPS) – Machines without a conscience make split-second decisions about who lives and who dies. This isn’t dystopian fiction; it is today’s reality. In Gaza, algorithms have generated killing lists of up […]
Sahrawi refugees walk near the Awserd refugee camp in Algeria’s Tindouf province. Credit: UN Photo/Evan Schneider by Umar Manzoor Shah (Srinagar, India) Tuesday December 16, 2025 Inter-Press Office SRINAGAR, India, Dec 16 (IPS) – The global refugee system is entering a period of great tension. The delivery of protection and aid is undergoing a transformation […]
by external source Wednesday December 10, 2025 Inter-Press Office In a world full of turbulence and doubt, one promise remains. In 1948, countries adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It mentioned dignity, freedom and equality as rights for everyone, everywhere. Too often, power, profit and prejudice push these rights aside. The number of civilian […]
Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), briefs reporters on UNRWA’s services in the occupied Palestinian territories and on UNRWA’s ongoing operations. Credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten by Oritro Karim (united nations) Tuesday November 18, 2025 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Nov 18 (IPS) […]
Credit: UNICEF/Gema Espinoza Delgado Opinion by Caroline Delgado (Stockholm, Sweden) Friday November 14, 2025 Inter-Press Office STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov 14 (IPS) – The urgency to link climate action to social and broader environmental priorities is clear. Climate change, environmental degradation and violent conflict are often closely linked and even reinforce each other. At the same […]
