Category: Global

Over 25,500 Palestinians Killed: Absence of Accountability is Nothing Short of Shameful

GENEVA, February 27 (IPS) – The situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is a human-made disaster.The report before you sets…

Massive US War Spending Hike Raises Debt, Taxes, Doubts

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, February 27 (IPS) – As US President Donald Trump pushes the world to war, arms spending has…

Eight years of captivity: Finding freedom and healing in Ukraine

Four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, many people are trying to overcome deep-rooted trauma and rebuild what has…

Guterres slams international failure to manage safe migration

A 2018 agreement that aims to strengthen international cooperation on migration management must become reality, the UN Secretary-General said on…

UN unveils bold overhaul of strained humanitarian system

On Friday the General Assembly was briefed on the latest developments of the UN80 Initiative – a system-wide reform effort…

Why Ugandan Male Sexual Violence Survivors Suffer In Silence

KAMPALA, February 26 (IPS) – When people ordinarily think about sexual violence, it’s of the rape of women by men.…

International Women’s Day & 70th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women

UNITED NATIONS, February 26 (IPS) – International Women’s Day 2026 comes at a defining moment: Women and girls have never…

Will Palestine Preside Over the Next UN General Assembly?

UNITED NATIONS, February 26 (IPS) – The 193-member General Assembly, the highest-ranking policy-making body at the United Nations, is most…

Palestine: UN rights chief highlights suffering, atrocity crimes ‘that remain unpunished’

The UN rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday highlighted the “human-made disaster” across the Occupied Palestinian Territory stemming from Israel’s…

UN’s Türk urges dialogue after deadly clashes on Afghan-Pakistan border

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday appealed for dialogue between Afghanistan and Pakistan amid border clashes and deadly…