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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May 8 (IPS) - When Péter Magyar took the stage in Budapest on the night of 12 April, he told the crowd they had 'liberated Hungary'. The hyperbole seemed justified. His party, Tisza, had won a parliamentary supermajority on the ...

SYLHET, Bangladesh, May 8 (IPS) - When catastrophic floods swept through the Haor wetlands of Sunamganj in 2022, they destroyed far more than homes and crops. They shattered childhoods.

UNITED NATIONS, May 8 (IPS) - Despite the implementation of a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel last October, Israeli forces continue to launch airstrikes into the Occupied Palestinian Territory. This has resulted in extensive destruction of ...

UNITED NATIONS, May 8 (IPS) - The consequences of nuclear warfare would transcend borders and the impact would be felt across generations. Yet knowing this, member states, including nuclear-armed states, are increasingly flouting the nuclear taboo, . ...

UNITED NATIONS, May 8 (IPS) - The future of the world's least developed countries (LDCs) will be shaped by a critical choice they make today- strategic investment in their youth. Rich in human potential, the young people in LDCs embody ingenuity, ...

"This is not a distant warning. This is a crisis that is unfolding right now and it's deepening quickly."

New evidence shows that malaria vaccination is significantly reducing child deaths in Africa and could have an even greater impact as programmes expand, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

The fragile ceasefire in Lebanon hasn't prevented "ongoing killing and displacement", with villages in the south of the country rendered completely unrecognizable after Israeli strikes, aid teams reported on Friday.

The risk of hantavirus spreading to the general population is "absolutely low", the UN World Health Organization (WHO) stressed on Friday, as a flight attendant tested negative for the disease after coming into contact with an infected passenger from ...

Haiti continues to face escalating violence and deepening insecurity, with gangs expanding their reach beyond Port-au-Prince and civilians increasingly caught between armed groups and security operations.