The message from Just Rights for Children was clear: protecting children must take precedence over customs used to justify their marriage.

NEW YORK, Oct 27 2026 (IPS) - The selection of the next Secretary-General of the United Nations has reached a critical ...

The next Secretary-General will preside over a fractious UN facing one of its hardest tests. Russia and the USA, which as ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct 27 2026 (IPS) - Much of the world has been bemused by US President Donald Trump’s expectation of the Nobel Peace Prize. While aggressive towards most of the world, friend ...

Less than 100 metres from military positions facing each other across the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, the forest suddenly ...

BENGALURU, India, Mar 4 2026 (IPS) - The ordinary sounds of Nahid Ali’s home in Khartoum were completely drowned out by the sound of war which began on April 15 2023. Her baby was just 21 days old.

Classrooms with mouldy walls, riddled with cockroaches and rats, this is how French high school students describe the places where they’re meant to learn.

Businesses also need predictable laws, safe workplaces, fair competition, protection of property and contracts, and respect for the rights of workers, consumers and communities. The important question ...

Venezuela claims to be importing from the rest of the world roughly as much as it was exporting during those years ...

The international day for the eradication of poverty, commemorated last week, was a grim reminder that the UN will not ...

Nearly three decades have passed, but Japhet Gimbi still remembers the El Niño-induced rain in his town of Tabora, in western ...

Compounded by rampant human rights violations, limited access to basic services, and persistent barriers to humanitarian aid, ...