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Since fighting erupted in Sudan in April 2023, more than two million children have been displaced by the brutal war between rival militaries there.

Afghanistan is already grappling with immense humanitarian and economic challenges and growing instability in the wider region following airstrikes by Israel and the United States in Iran is compounding the situation, the UN's top envoy in the ...

On day six of the 59th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, the Council heard urgent updates on rising internal displacement driven by organised crime, escalating genocide risks and the trafficking of women in the domestic work sector ...

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 23 (IPS) - When billionaire Elon Musk, a former short-lived advisor to President Donald Trump, was mandated with the task of decimating the federal bureaucracy and laying off thousands of staffers, he was famously pictured ...

LONDON, Jun 23 (IPS) - A deal between the US and Iran is possible if Iran's bottom line -- its right to nuclear enrichment -- and Israel's bottom line, guarantees that Iran will never have a nuclear bomb are met. This "win-win" outcome would require ...

A growing network of online communities known collectively as the "manosphere" is emerging as a serious threat to gender equality, as toxic digital spaces increasingly influence real-world attitudes, behaviours, and policies, the UN agency dedicated ...

BRATISLAVA, Jun 20 (IPS) - Having attended hundreds of anti-government protests in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, Gvantsa Kalandadze is no stranger to police intimidation and violence.

BONN, Jun 20 (IPS) - In recent years, there has been growing evidence of how climate change is impacting human health in several ways.

One week since the Israel-Iran conflict erupted, diplomatic efforts to end the war are ramping up in Geneva as foreign ministers from France, Germany, the UK and the EU prepare to meet their Iranian counterpart. In New York, meanwhile, the UN ...

Although record numbers of people - over 122 million worldwide - have been uprooted due to war, violence and persecution, their ability to find safety and support is threatened more than ever.