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Described as "sometimes modest, sometimes historic," UN special political missions have quietly been preventing the escalation of conflicts during the organization's 80-year history, becoming a key instrument for maintaining peace.

PARIS, July 3 (IPS) - If you pay close attention to the rhetoric regarding climate change (at least in those forums still allowed to use the term), there has been a disturbing emerging trend among some climate-concerned thought leaders, as epitomized ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, July 3 (IPS) - Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori has won Peru's presidential runoff, narrowly defeating leftist Roberto Sánchez to become the country's ninth president in a decade. She inherits a system so engineered for ...

PORTLAND, USA, July 3 (IPS) - Demographic realities are well documented, and governments have long been aware of the profound demographic changes now underway. Nevertheless, many policymakers continue to discount or ignore these demographic trends.

More blistering heatwaves and other weather extremes are becoming increasingly likely across the world now and in coming months, linked to strengthening El Niño conditions in the tropical Pacific, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said ...

The war in Sudan threatens to spiral further as the strategically-important town of El Obeid continues to face "relentless" drone attacks by advancing paramilitary militias, the UN's human rights chief, Volker Türk, said on Friday.

KATHMANDU, July 3 (IPS) - Monsoon season in South Asia, including Nepal, is a period of frequent rainfall, extreme heat, and a busy time of the year for farmers. Most farmers in Nepal depend on monsoon rain to plant paddey, the main source of food.

UNITED NATIONS, July 3 (IPS) - While the movement for the universal abolition of the death penalty advances, this progress "cannot be taken for granted," said UN Secretary-General António Guterres as he greeted the 9th World Congress Against the ...

VICTORIA, Seychelles, July 3 (IPS) - In just the first half of this year, Abu Dhabi's Environment Agency has cultivated 302,415 new coral colonies, bringing the total under the Abu Dhabi Coral Gardens Project to around 1.8 million - a scale of ...

NEW YORK, July 3 (IPS) - For a generation, no foreign leader bet more heavily on a single American president than Benjamin Netanyahu bet on Donald Trump. Trump moved the US embassy to Jerusalem, tore up the 2015 nuclear accord with Iran, recognized . ...