Global Issues

Citing ‘dangerous decline’ of human rights, experts urge key reforms — Global Issues

The Human Rights Council-appointed experts’ call follows on from the election victory of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina earlier this month, who secured a controversial...

Nine killed in direct hit on UNRWA shelter in Gaza — Global Issues

Teams from the agency and the World Health Organization (WHO) were trying to reach the Khan Younis Training Centre, said Tom White, Director of...

Displacement misery continues for Gazans, UN humanitarians warn — Global Issues

Echoing those concerns, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned in a tweet on X that in addition to the threat of being killed, Gazans faced...

IPS Offers Climate Change Justice Fellowship — Global Issues

by an IPS Correspondent (united nations)Wednesday, January 24, 2024Inter Press ServiceUNITED NATIONS, Jan 24 (IPS) - IPS is offering an exceptional opportunity for two...

Zimbabweans Gambling for a Living Amid Escalating Hardships — Global Issues

by Jeffrey Moyo (harare)Wednesday, January 24, 2024Inter Press ServiceHARARE, Jan 24 (IPS) - Twenty years after completing high school in Zimbabwe, 38-year-old Tinago Mukono...

‘High-risk mission’ delivers fuel to Al Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza — Global Issues

The “high-risk mission”, carried out the previous day, was marked by delays at the checkpoint and severely damaged roads. Thousands of hungry civilians also...

Iran urged to halt ‘horrific wave of executions’ — Global Issues

Mohammad Ghobadlou, 23, who reportedly had a mental health condition, was arrested in September 2022 for running over a policeman and killing him during...

Rejection of two-State solution by Israeli leadership ‘unacceptable’, says Guterres — Global Issues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlFXrpXNoFU2:05 PMThe meeting is underway, with French foreign minister Stéphane Séjourné in the chair, as his nation holds the presidency for January. The UN...

Latest strikes in Ukraine condemned, surge in Rohingya deaths at sea, greater investment in decent jobs — Global Issues

“I was having coffee at home this morning in Kyiv, my neighbours were getting ready for work, children preparing to go to school, when...

In post-war Sudan ‘I know we will fight hard to heal from the trauma’ — Global Issues

Mr. Ginish is a National Field Coordinator with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Sudan. He recounts his experience of...

PPPs Private Gain at Public Expense — Global Issues

Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia)Wednesday, January 24, 2024Inter Press ServiceKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan 24 (IPS) - At high cost and with...

African Women on the Frontline of Peacekeeping — Global Issues

“It is now time to live up to those commitments and walk the talk. We need to bring the voices of women to the...

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