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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) […]
Canru Pataxo with his son during the People’s March for Climate in the COP30 host city of Belém, Brazil. Credit: Tanka Dhakal/IPS by Tanka Dhakal (Belgium, Brazil) Saturday November 15, 2025 Inter-Press Office BELÉM, Brazil, Nov 15 (IPS) – In the scorching heat and humidity, Canru Pataxo marched with his one-year-old son held tightly in […]
Activists urge the global community to join the blue river in support of conservation and conservation of the environment. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (Belgium, Brazil) Friday November 14, 2025 Inter-Press Office We have seen stalled climate action, rising inequality and people being left behind. At COP27, the establishment of the Just Transition Work […]
Ibrahim Olabi, Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria. Credit: UN Photo/Evan Schneider by Oritro Karim (united nations) Wednesday November 12, 2025 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Nov 12 (IPS) – Eleven months after the fall of the Assad regime, Syria continues […]
Damaged greenhouse in Bent Jbeil, Nabatieh Governorate. Credit: Action Against Hunger by Ed Holt (bratislava) Monday November 10, 2025 Inter-Press Office BRATISLAVA, Nov 10 (IPS) – Food security and livelihoods in southern Lebanon are under serious threat as the impact of Israeli bombing continues to be felt across the region, a report published today (November […]
Photos from UNICEF show the impact of the destruction in Jamaica, with neighborhoods flooded and communities without access to many basic services. Credit: UNICEF by Oritro Karim (united nations) Thursday November 6, 2025 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Nov 6 (IPS) – In late October, Hurricane Melissa, a powerful Category 5 storm, made landfall in the […]
Amitabh Behar speaks to IPS at ICSW2025 in Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: Zofeen by Zofeen Ebrahim (Bangkok) Sunday November 2, 2025 Inter-Press Office BANGKOK, Nov 2 (IPS) – Speaking to IPS on the sidelines of International Civil Society Week in Bangkok (1-5 November), Amitabh Behar, Executive Director of Oxfam International and a passionate advocate for human […]
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 […]
A community health worker in a door-to-door campaign to vaccinate people in communities in Nanyamba village, Mtwara region, southeastern Tanzania. Credit: Kizito Makoye/IPS by Kizito Makoye (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) Tuesday October 28, 2025 Inter-Press Office DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Oct 28 (IPS) – When COVID-19 hit Tanzania in 2020, Alfred Kisena’s life was torn […]
Mwavita Rohomoya sits with her four children in front of her drinks stall in Minova, Kalehe area, South Kivu province, DR Congo, on April 23, 2025. Minova is one of the first areas in South Kivu to be hit by the resurgence of violence; one of the immediate consequences was the increase in prices of […]
