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A 2018 agreement that aims to strengthen international cooperation on migration management must become reality, the UN Secretary-General said on Friday in New York.

UN human rights chief Volker Türk warned on Friday that the Epstein and Gisèle Pellicot scandals are an illustration of intensifying threats to women and girls forced to suffer in silence.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, February 27 (IPS) - As US President Donald Trump pushes the world to war, arms spending has been rising worldwide. Wars secure more budgetary allocations, mainly benefiting the US-dominated military-industrial complex.

GENEVA, February 27 (IPS) - The situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is a human-made disaster.The report before you sets out events between 1 November 2024 and 31 October 2025 that show Israel's utter disregard for human rights in Gaza and ...

KAMPALA, February 26 (IPS) - When people ordinarily think about sexual violence, it's of the rape of women by men. In Uganda, as in other countries, activists say men are also victims of sexual violence perpetrated by women, though males remain ...

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday appealed for dialogue between Afghanistan and Pakistan amid border clashes and deadly airstrikes, while condemning ever harsher "apartheid" edicts issued by the Afghan de facto authorities that continue ...

Nearly three years of war in Sudan have been marked by killings, rape and other violations, with risk of genocidal violence spreading, the UN Human Rights Council heard on Thursday.

The UN rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday highlighted the "human-made disaster" across the Occupied Palestinian Territory stemming from Israel's disregard for human rights norms and serious violations also committed by Hamas and other Palestinian ...

An international early warning system blocked a shipment of chemicals used to make fentanyl that could have produced up to 1.6 billion potentially lethal doses, the UN narcotics control body said on Thursday.

UNITED NATIONS, February 26 (IPS) - International Women's Day 2026 comes at a defining moment: Women and girls have never been closer to equality, and never closer to losing it. Legal protection against domestic violence has expanded in many ...