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KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 4 (IPS) - Migration is a strange thing, hard to pin down. It is a complex phenomenon that transforms communities while shaping people's identities and it is so multifaceted that individuals perceive it and live it in different . ...

Three people have died and three others are ill following suspected cases of hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday.

Indonesia is expecting a "strengthened multilateral system that delivers real impact on the ground," as one of the key outcomes of the ongoing reform of the United Nations, that's according to the country's outgoing Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs ...

Demining experts from around the world have been sharing their collective shock at the widespread and growing threat from unexploded ordnance, the new head of the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) said this week.

On May 3rd, the world marks World Press Freedom Day - a United Nations observance dedicated to the fundamental principles of press freedom.

NEW YORK, May 1 (IPS) - "We choose hope because despair is a form of surrender that we cannot accept," UN Ambassador to the Philippines, Enrique Manolo, told civil society representatives and the diplomatic community, considering the question of ...

UNITED NATIONS, May 1 (IPS) - In 2026, the humanitarian situation in South Sudan has taken a considerable turn for the worse, with widespread food shortages, ongoing disruptions to food production systems, and rising rates of malnutrition affecting . ...

A month after completing their historic flyby of the Moon, the astronauts from NASA's Artemis II mission landed at UN Headquarters in New York this week with a message that sounded like a reminder: humanity is capable of extraordinary things when it ...

Former Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has been transferred from prison to house arrest, with her sentence reduced under a prisoner amnesty linked to a Buddhist holiday.

Journalists working in Haiti are under constant threat of death or injury from rapidly expanding criminal gangs, as they continue to report news and information which they hope will help keep fellow citizens safe.