Syria’s fragile transition is threatened by serious aid shortages and increasing kidnappings, the UN warns

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 […]

SBI is working on a mechanism through which employees can communicate with customers in local languages

SBI Chairman Challa Sreenivasulu Setty | Photo credit: SHASHNK PARADE Public sector lender SBI is working on a mechanism that will allow its employees to communicate with customers in local languages, highlighting that AI tools can help ease the transition and support faster learning. “We are already working on it. We have launched a program […]

Darjeeling’s wake-up call: expert at IUCN congress calls for flexible climate finance

Tirtha Prasad Saikia, director of the North-East Affected Area Development Society, speaks to IPS at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Credit: Diwash Gahatraj/IPS by Diwash Gahatraj (Abu Dhabi) Monday October 13, 2025 Inter-Press Office ABU DHABI, Oct 13 (IPS) – As global conservation leaders gather in Abu Dhabi for the IUCN […]

International Community, civil society in minority rights and accountability for constant violence against Rohingyas in Myanmar

Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner of the United Nations for Refugees, focuses at the conference at a high level of the general meeting about the situation of Rohingya-Moslims and other minorities in Myanmar. Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elías By Oritro Karim (United Nations)) Wednesday October 1, 2025 Inter Press Service United Nations, 1 October (IPS) – On […]