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CIVICUS discusses the persecution of Uyghurs and activism in exile with Rushan Abbas, an Uyghur American activist, founder and executive director of Campaign for Uyghurs and chair of the Executive Committee of the World Uyghur Congress.

BANGKOK, Thailand, October 19 (IPS) - Bangkok hosted two summits last week. Inside the Queen Sirikit Convention Center, more than 15,000 finance ministers, central bank governors and CEOs of the world's largest banks and corporations attended the ...

"I tell my kids I work in a time machine," said Rhony Dostaly. In a basement beneath Lincoln Center, the media preservation engineer rescues moments from the past. "I go back in time, and I grab elements, and I make them available for people today."

The UN Secretary-General has called for an end to the "war on nature". On Monday, governments gathering in Yerevan, Armenia, will have to confront a more practical question: are they doing enough to win the peace and put the world's biodiversity ...

Like many people in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, Ahmed Al-Omari is preparing for another winter of bitter cold and rain that threatens to cause flooding as families struggle to survive in tattered tents and damaged buildings.

BULAWAYO, October 16 (IPS) - An Ebola death last week in Kenya is highlighting the urgency of Africa's public health emergency preparedness and how the continent's governments are committing their national budgets to the health sector.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is strengthening Ebola preparedness amid conflict and displacement affecting millions of lives in a region that spans parts of Africa, Asia and Europe.

Civilian casualties in Ukraine remain at record levels, with intensified Russian attacks in September continuing a pattern of harm in 2026 far exceeding previous years, UN human rights monitors in Ukraine said on Friday.

As drone strikes kill civilians from El Obeid to Blue Nile and famine risk spreads across Darfur and Kordofan, the Security Council meets on Sudan - the world's largest hunger and displacement crisis. Ambassadors are expected to press yet again for a ...

A little over one year since a ceasefire agreement was announced between Hamas fighters and Israel, more than 340 children have been reported killed and hundreds more injured, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.