Category: Global

MIDDLE EAST LIVE 10 March: Displacement, supply shocks and civilian toll rise

The conflict in the Middle East continues, with strikes and counter-strikes across the region and the humanitarian toll mounting. UN…

International Women’s Day 2026 – Justice for Women and Girls Needs Action and Political Will

UNITED NATIONS, March 9 (IPS) – On International Women’s Day (March 8), global leaders and advocates gather around the rallying…

International Women’s Day 2026 – A Resistance Stronger than the Backlash

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, March 9 (IPS) – Consider what International Women’s Day looked like a few years ago, and what it…

President Donald Trump on Monday suggested that the war with Iran could be nearing its end, declaring that American and…

In a recently-aired pre-Oscars conversation with Matthew McConaughey, hosted by CNN and Variety, Timothée Chalamet spoke about the vibrancy of…

President Donald Trump on Monday took to social media to press for the security of the Iranian national women’s soccer…

International Women’s Day 2026 – This Year’s International Women’s Day Calls for Electing a Woman as the next Secretary-General

NEW YORK, March 9 (IPS) – As we observe International Women’s Day (IWD) this year, the global community does so…

International Women’s Day 2026 – The Gender Architecture of Betrayal: Stop Elite Impunity

NEW YORK, March 9 (IPS) – International Women’s Day 2026 (IWD 2026), which was commemorated March 8, under the theme,…

On Feb. 27, around the time he was giving the order to launch military strikes on Iran, President Donald Trump…

Nigeria’s Failing Road Transport System Leaves Commuters at the Mercy of Robbers

ABUJA, March 9 (IPS) – Abimbola David still remembers being robbed twice in taxis in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. The most…