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CIVICUS discusses Portugal's presidential runoff election and the rise of the far-right Chega (Enough) party with Jonni Lopes, Executive Director of Academia Cidadã (Citizen Academy) and a Steering Committee member of the European Civic Forum, an .. ...

Hospitals are just the latest vital public services to be hit in Cuba, more than a month since Washington took measures to block oil supplies from entering the Caribbean nation.

The intensifying conflict in the Persian Gulf "has triggered one of the most rapid and severe disruptions to global commodity flows in recent times," the Chief Economist with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday.

The security and political situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains "extremely tense", a senior UN official told the Security Council on Thursday.

More than four years since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the "danger is only increasing", particularly from attack drones, a top UN human rights official warned on Thursday.

UNITED NATIONS, March 26 (IPS) - The ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which began October 2023, has claimed the lives of more than 73,600 Palestinians and about 1,195 Israelis. But there are widespread charges, accusing Israel of war crimes, ...

NEW JERSEY, USA, March 26 (IPS) - Who benefits from a war of choice against Iran? The immediate political winners may include President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But if the war continues for a longer period, the political .. ...

LONDON, March 25 (IPS) - Less than six months after Nepal's Generation Z rose up in protest, the country has a new prime minister. A 35-year-old former rapper who soundtracked the protests swept to power in a landslide in the 5 March election.

It's day 26 of war in the Middle East. Ongoing strikes in Israel and Iran have included intensifying Israeli attacks against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, while some 2,000 US troops are reportedly about to mobilize to the region. Meanwhile, Iran has ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that the escalating Gulf war is "out of control", urging all sides to step back from the brink and allow diplomacy to prevail, as he announced the appointment of a senior envoy to spearhead peace ...