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CIVICUS discusses the situation in Venezuela following US intervention and the ousting of President Nicolás Maduro with Verónica Zubillaga, a Venezuelan sociologist who specialises in urban violence, state repression and community responses to ...

NEW YORK, March 11 (IPS) - I have often been asked a simple but important question: How can we make it sustainable if we are not being compensated for it?

BANGKOK, Thailand, March 11 (IPS) - On 11 March 2011, the powerful 9.0 magnitude Thoku earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan, triggering a 40-meter Tsunami. Many coastal towns along Japan's Pacific coast were devastated. Approximately ...

DODOMA, Tanzania , March 11 (IPS) - A cloud of steam rises from a giant aluminium pot as Maria Joseph, a middle-aged cook in a toque blanche and faded apron, plants her feet firmly on the tiled kitchen floor. With both hands clasped around a wooden . ...

As the conflict in the Middle East continues to ripple across the region, the UN Security Council is meeting today to discuss the escalating situation, with a morning briefing focused on Lebanon and a second session later on the wider crisis. Across ...

The UN's emergency relief chief on Wednesday condemned the "$1 billion-a-day" cost of the war in the Middle East, at a time when humanitarian needs are soaring and aid funding is falling dangerously short.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, March 11 (IPS) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's Munich speech last month seemed to seduce the European elite behind President Trump, against the 'Rest', especially the resource-rich Global South.

The UN chief on Tuesday applauded civil society groups for "shaking the foundations of privilege" in a male-dominated world, addressing a range of questions during a townhall meeting on the margins of the 70th session of the Commission on the Status ...

The conflict in the Middle East continues, with strikes and counter-strikes across the region and the humanitarian toll mounting. UN agencies warn that rising civilian casualties, mass displacement - particularly in Lebanon - and damage to critical . ...

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Tuesday condemned accounts of "gruesome killings" of civilians in South Sudan, the destruction and poisoning of key water sources and fresh waves of mass displacement.