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SYDNEY, August 19 (IPS) - The 13th of August marked the 100th birthday of Cuba's revolutionary leader Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz - in short Fidel Castro. Amidst an intensified US siege and the threat of invasion, Cubans commemorated their dear leader ...

UNITED NATIONS, August 18 (IPS) - Indigenous communities have long advocated for the environment through the lens of their traditional knowledge systems and cultures. But much more work needs to be done to translate their presence into influence.

NAIROBI, August 18 (IPS) - Despite record participation in global biodiversity reporting and planning processes, countries remain off track to meet the world's 2030 biodiversity goals, according to discussions that concluded this month at two key ...

Around 860,000 people displaced by the conflict in southern Lebanon have returned, but the displacement and humanitarian crisis are "far from over," the UN warned on Tuesday.

The UN is scaling up humanitarian assistance in western Colombia as needs continue to grow following last week's devastating 7.4-magnitude earthquake, according to the latest update released on Tuesday.

A single New York Times article on a disaster generated an additional $500,000 in official aid. That's just one of the findings on the critical role a free press plays in saving lives, according to a new UN report released on Tuesday.

The Security Council is meeting on Libya Tuesday as the country faces a political impasse delaying long-planned elections alongside heatwaves, tensions and violence, including drone strikes last week that left a major oil refinery ablaze. UN News app ...

Independent UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts on Tuesday condemned the execution of at least 16 people in Singapore for drug-related offences this year and urged the country to end its "continued and unlawful use of capital punishment."

Amid ongoing deadly hostilities in Gaza, the enclave's farmers face the increasingly difficult challenge of finding safe land to grow their crops.

From the frontlines of the deadliest-ever Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN World Health Organization (WHO) shared details on Tuesday of a massive push for community engagement, a day after yet another ambulance attack.