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CIVICUS Secretary General Mandeep Tiwana during International Civil Society Week 2025. Credit: Zofeen Ebrahim/IPS by Zofeen Ebrahim (Bangkok) Saturday November 1, 2025 Inter-Press Office BANGKOK, Nov 1 (IPS) – It’s a somber global moment as civil society actors battle assassinations, imprisonments, trumped-up charges and cuts to pro-democracy movements in a world gripped by inequality, climate […]
At a briefing at UN headquarters in New York – the first time the mission has presented findings to the General Assembly – President Sara Hossain said conditions have deteriorated since Israeli airstrikes reportedly killed more than 1,000 people. According to Iranian government figures, 276 civilians, including 38 children and 102 women, were among the […]
The USSR’s first nuclear test “Joe 1” in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, August 29, 1949. Credit: CTBTO by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday October 31, 2025 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 (IPS) – The ongoing aftermath of nuclear testing by the world’s nuclear powers has had a devastating impact on hundreds and thousands of victims around […]
A damaged classroom and school materials at Dahilig Primary School in Gainza Municipality, Camarines Sur, Philippines, weeks after severe Tropical Storm Kristine (Trami) caused extensive damage in October 2024. Credit: UNICEF/Larry Monserate Piojo by Oritro Karim (united nations) Thursday October 30, 2025 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Oct 30 (IPS) – By 2024, the climate crisis […]
The role will help advance understanding of the transformative potential of space technology in addressing global challenges, including climate change, disaster management and sustainable development. Professor Cox told it UN news that “we have to operate as a single planet in certain areas; space is one of the best examples of this,” adding that it […]
A representative of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said the Category 5 system “will be the strongest in the world this year,” putting a million people in immediate danger, “including families still recovering from Hurricane Beryl” which hit the island only 16 months ago. “Roofs will be tested. The […]
Accepted by the General Meeting in December 2024 after five years of negotiationsthe Convention against Cybercrime creates the first universal framework for investigating and prosecuting crimes committed online – from ransomware and financial fraud to the non-consensual sharing of intimate images. “The UN Cybercrime Convention is a powerful, legally binding instrument strengthen our collective defense […]
from CIVICUS Friday October 24, 2025 Inter-Press Office CIVICUS speaks about the disappearance of Turkmen activists Abdulla Orusov and Alisher Sahatov with human rights defender Diana Dadasheva from the civil movement DAYANÇ/Turkmenistan and with Gülala Hasanova, wife of Alisher Sahatov. On July 24, Turkmen activists Abdulla Orusov and Alisher Sahatov were kidnapped in Edirne, Turkey, […]
Time2Graze will use Sentinel-2 satellite data to monitor rangeland biomass and support farmers and land managers in making informed decisions about grazing management, resource allocation and sustainable land use. Opinion by Lindsey Sloat (Lancaster, op) Friday October 24, 2025 Inter-Press Office LANCASTER, PA, Oct 24 (IPS) – Thousands of years ago we looked to the […]
Mr Guterres addressed ambassadors in the iconic room in New York United Nations Dayon the occasion of 80 years since its founding. He spoke via video link from Vietnam’s capital Hanoi during a robust open debate on how the UN is navigating an uncertain future. As the UN’s primary body for maintaining international peace and […]
