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SHYAMNAGAR (Satkhira), Bangladesh, October 1 (IPS) - Villagers rush to the vulnerable spot of the embankment--early warning of the rising tide has alerted them. Together, they save the village from tidal flooding by repairing the vulnerable ...

Women must be at the centre of efforts to prevent conflict and build lasting peace, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Thursday.

The UN human rights chief and nine independent rights experts on Thursday called on authorities in Tennessee not to pursue any further attempts to execute Christa Pike, saying her case highlights multiple concerns surrounding the death penalty.

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has voiced concern over Malaysia's decision to return 1,476 people to Myanmar amid an ongoing civil war and a dire human rights and humanitarian situation.

Homicide rates are falling across much of the world, but organised crime is on the rise in many regions as criminal networks diversify into trafficking, migrant smuggling, and the exploitation of natural resources, a new UN report launched on ...

BRUSSELS, Belgium / MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, September 30 (IPS) - At the 18th BRICS Summit, held on 12 and 13 September in New Delhi, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought together presidents Xi Jinping of China, Vladimir Putin of Russia and ...

NEW YORK, September 29 (IPS) - "Artificial intelligence (AI) must be shaped by humanity, with humanity, and for all humanity Life-and-death decisions must never be surrendered to machines. Killer robots must have no place in our future."

YAOUNDE, Cameroon, September 29 (IPS) - Agricultural, land, forestry, environmental and trade policies in the Congo Basin remain compartmentalised at country levels, leaving proven agroecological models trapped at pilot stages due to a lack of ...

Haji Mohammad Shafi spent 44 years in Pakistan before he was forced to leave. He sold everything he owned and returned to Afghanistan with his five children, arriving with almost nothing.

NEW DEHLI, September 28 (IPS) - As a young girl, Sarada Murlidharan cringed at the thought of going to school. It was not the studies but the taunts of 'being black' or having dark skin, where fair skin was considered preferential, that made her ...