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Conflict continues to fuel suffering and drive humanitarian needs in Myanmar, the UN relief coordination office, OCHA, said in a bulletin on Monday.

Welcome to our live coverage of International Women's Day 2026 and the opening of the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women at UN Headquarters in New York. Throughout the day, we will bring you updates, reactions and key moments from ...

A Japanese peace activist is hoping to promote global nuclear disarmament by keeping alive the stories of the atomic bomb survivors through the creation of a mobile museum.

Every morning in Kabul, several cars make their way across the Afghan capital to pick up the producers of Radio Begum. The young women do not travel to the office on their own as moving around the city has become too complicated.

Lebanon has been "dragged back into a state of turmoil and violence", the UN's top envoy in the country warned on Saturday, after the latest round of regional strikes triggered a fastescalating crisis along the Blue Line. What had been fragile but .. ...

UNITED NATIONS, March 6 (IPS) - Earlier this week World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced that the weakening conditions of La Niña conditions are beginning to fade, with climate conditions transitioning toward ENSO-neutral --a phase in ...

UNITED NATIONS, March 6 (IPS) - As military fighting breaks out across the Middle East with increasing frequency and intensity, the United Nations promises to ramp up its humanitarian response on the ground.

TOKYO, Japan, March 6 (IPS) - Around the world, conflicts often begin not with violence, but with assumptions. When people judge others before understanding them, labels replace dialogue--and division replaces trust. For young people growing up in an ...

MIYAGI PREFECTURE, Japan, March 6 (IPS) - I recently came across a statistic that stopped me in my tracks.

TOKYO, Japan, March 6 (IPS) - From the beginning, this project was a collaboration between student teams in Japan and Korea. Although we live in different countries, we shared one common question: How can young people reduce waste while supporting .. ...