Latest Updates Around The World
A panel discussion kicks off the first Caribbean Civil Society Organizations (CSO) conference in Kingston, Jamaica. Credit: Alison Kentish/IPS by Alison Kentish (Kingston, Jamaica) Thursday March 5, 2026 Inter-Press Office KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mar 5 (IPS) – Civil society organizations from across the Caribbean gathered in Jamaica in February 2026 for a historic regional conference, with […]
Result of the vote in the General Assembly on the draft resolution “Support for lasting peace in Ukraine”, adopted at the emergency special session. February 24, 2026 Four years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the UN marks the day with high-level debate and renewed calls to end the war – including in […]
Opinion by Alon Ben-Meir (New York) Monday February 23, 2026 Inter-Press Office NEW YORK, Feb 23 (IPS) – Trump’s immigration policies are destroying America’s greatness Immigrants are the backbone of America’s greatness: fueling the economy, enriching its culture and advancing global leadership. But in the guise of making America great again, Trump’s exclusionary, racist policies […]
A UN human rights report shows that people trafficked and forced to work in fraud centers are subjected to torture, sexual abuse and prison-like conditions. (representative photo). Credit: UNICEF/Ron Haviv Opinion by the UN Human Rights Office (Geneva) Monday February 23, 2026 Inter-Press Office GENEVA, Feb 23 (IPS) – A report The document published today […]
Damaturu, Yobe State, northeast of Nigeria. Credit: UN Women Opinion by Zuzana Schwidrowski (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) Thursday February 19, 2026 Inter-Press Office ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Feb 19 (IPS) – Africa is home to approximately 160 million adolescent girls between the ages of 10 and 19 (according to 2022 data from the United Nations Population Division). […]
The Security Council has a veto right. Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elías by Thalif Deen (united nations) Tuesday February 17, 2026 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Feb 17 (IPS) – With the campaign for the next secretary general gaining momentum at a relatively slow pace, there is widespread speculation that any candidate running for UN chief will […]
from CIVICUS Monday February 16, 2026 Inter-Press Office CIVICUS discusses the recent protests in Iran with Sohrab Razaghi, executive director of Volunteer Activists, a Netherlands-based diaspora organization that empowers Iranian civil society. Sohrab Razaghi On December 28, protests sparked by economic grievances broke out across Iran, quickly developing into broader protests against the regime. The […]
Credit: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters via Gallo Images Opinion by Samuel King (Brussels, Belgium) Friday February 13, 2026 Inter-Press Office BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb 13 (IPS) – The latest World Economic Forum has highlighted the current crisis of multilateralism. More than sixty heads of state and eight hundred business leaders gathered in Davos under the theme ‘Spirit of […]
13-year-old Ojulu Omod comes to the gold mine before the day gets too hot. He does not go to school and supports his family by mining gold in the traditional way. Credit: UNICEF/Demissew Bizuwerk by Oritro Karim (united nations) Friday February 13, 2026 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Feb 13 (IPS) – While global rates of […]
An artist in Colombia draws a picture of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Credit: UN Colombia/Jose Rios Source: UN News Opinion by the UN High Commission for Human Rights (Geneva) Friday February 6, 2026 Inter-Press Office GENEVA, Feb 6 (IPS) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has launched a $400 […]
