Credit: UN Photo/Loey Felipe September 2025 Opinion by Annalena Baerbock (united nations) Thursday, December 04, 2025 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, December 4 (IPS) – For seventy-eight years, the question of Palestine has been on the agenda of this General Assembly, almost as long as the institution itself. Resolution 181 (II) …
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Economic Collapse, Continued Insecurity, and Humanitarian Challenges — Global Issues
A Yemeni mother and her child receiving nutritional assistance at a clinic in the Abyan governorate. Credit: UNICEF/Saleh Hayyan by Oritro Karim (united nations) Monday, December 01, 2025 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, December 1 (IPS) – For the past decade, Yemen has been at the center of a severe and …
Authorities Urged to Take Lawful Measures to Mass Abductions in Nigeria — Global Issues
Newspaper headlines reflect the abductions of girls and others in Nigeria’s northern states. Credit: Hussain Wahab/IPS by Hussain Wahab (abuja) Friday, November 28, 2025 Inter Press Service ABUJA, November 28 (IPS) – On the morning of 17 November 2025, darkness cloaked Maga town in the Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area, Kebbi State, …
ICC Judges & Officials, Under US Sanctions, Live Under Rigid Isolation — Global Issues
International Criminal Court. Credit: UN Photo/Rick Bajornas by Thalif Deen (united nations) Thursday, November 27, 2025 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, November 27 (IPS) – The US sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) have intensified the rigid isolation of judges and officials of the Court based in The Hague, Netherlands.According …
Three Years of Broken Promises — Global Issues
Credit: Sergey Bobylev/RIA Novosti/Anadolu via Getty Images Opinion by Inés M. Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Thursday, November 27, 2025 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, November 27 (IPS) – Three years ago, Captain Ibrahim Traoré seized power in Burkina Faso with two promises that have proved hollow: to address the country’s deepening security …
UNRWA Continues Operations in Gaza Amid Ongoing Insecurity and Shortages of Essential Services — Global Issues
Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), briefs reporters on UNRWA’s services across the occupied Palestinian territories and UNRWA’ s ongoing operations. Credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten by Oritro Karim (united nations) Tuesday, November 18, 2025 Inter Press Service UNITED …
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 2025 — Global Issues
Still from video, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 2025, YouTube by External Source Thursday, November 13, 2025 Inter Press Service Violence against women is a human rights emergency in every country. One in three women worldwide experience physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime. Most survivors …
How Corporations Are Weaponising the Law to Muzzle Climate Defenders — Global Issues
Family agriculture and land defenders in Colombia. Credit: Both Nomads/Forus Opinion by Bibbi Abruzzini and Lucia Torres (Forus) and Jake Wieczorek (Hivos) (belÉm, brazil) Monday, November 10, 2025 Inter Press Service BELÉM, Brazil, November 10 (IPS) – As the world prepares for the next COP30 summit, a quieter battle is raging …
Tanzania’s Post-Election Turmoil Deepens Economic and Social Woes — Global Issues
A portrait of President Samia Hassan hangs on a pole as thick smoke from burning tires fills the air during protests over her disputed candidacy in Dar es Salaam. Credit: Zuberi Mussa/IPS by Kizito Makoye (dar es salaam, tanzania) Wednesday, November 05, 2025 Inter Press Service DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, November …
Children’s Education Must Be Put At The Forefront of Climate Discussions At COP30 — Global Issues
A damaged classroom and school equipment at Dahilig Elementary School in the Municipality of Gainza, Camarines Sur, Philippines, weeks after Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (Trami) wreaked havoc in October 2024. Credit: UNICEF/Larry Monserate Piojo by Oritro Karim (united nations) Thursday, October 30, 2025 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, October 30 (IPS) …
‘Turkmen Authorities Are Carrying out a Systematic Campaign to Eliminate Independent Voices’ — Global Issues
by CIVICUS Friday, October 24, 2025 Inter Press Service CIVICUS speaks about the disappearance of Turkmen activists Abdulla Orusov and Alisher Sahatov with human rights defender Diana Dadasheva from the civil movement DAYANÇ/Turkmenistan and with Gülala Hasanova, wife of Alisher Sahatov. On 24 July, Turkmen activists Abdulla Orusov and Alisher …
Women’s Leadership at the Heart of Disaster Risk Reduction — Global Issues
Disasters touch everyone but are not felt equally. Women often take longer to rebuild their livelihoods after a crisis and may face additional barriers in accessing the resources to facilitate a quicker recovery. Credit:: UNDP Nigeria Opinion by Raquel Lagunas (new york) Monday, October 20, 2025 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, …
UNICEF Calls for Global Support to Protect Displaced and Starving Children in Haiti — Global Issues
A child gazes to the camera as he waits for his turn at a UNICEF-supported mobile clinic in Boucan Carré, Haiti. Credit: UNICEF/Herold Joseph by Oritro Karim (united nations) Tuesday, October 14, 2025 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, October 14 (IPS) – New figures from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) …
‘No Solution Will Work If the Institutions Responsible for Abuses Remain in Charge of Implementing It’ — Global Issues
by CIVICUS Monday, October 13, 2025 Inter Press Service CIVICUS discusses enforced disappearances in Mexico with a member of the International Network of Associations of Missing Persons. The crisis of disappearances in Mexico has reached alarming proportions, with over 52,000 unidentified bodies in morgues and mass graves. On 1 July, …
Belarus Prisoner Release a Diversion, Say Rights Activists — Global Issues
Headlines reflecting the release of Belarussian political prisoners. Graphic: IPS by Ed Holt (bratislava) Tuesday, October 07, 2025 Inter Press Service BRATISLAVA, October 7 (IPS) – As Belarussian president Alexander Lukashenko continues to pardon political prisoners in an apparently increasingly successful attempt to improve diplomatic relations with the US, rights groups …
‘The Government Was Corrupt and Willing to Kill Its Own People to Stay in Power’ — Global Issues
by CIVICUS Tuesday, October 07, 2025 Inter Press Service CIVICUS discusses recent protests that led to a change of government in Nepal with Dikpal Khatri Chhetri, co-founder of Youth in Federal Discourse (YFD). YFD is a youth-led organisation that advocates for democracy, civic engagement and young people’s empowerment. Dikpal Khatri …
Today, Tomorrow and the Day After — Global Issues
Image: The White House 29.9.25 / Wiki Commons Opinion by Ramesh Thakur Monday, October 06, 2025 Inter Press Service Back in January last year, my Toda Policy Brief 182 was published with the title “Israel and Gaza: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”. On 29 September this year, President Donald Trump and …
Justice for Palestinians Can’t Wait for a Peace Deal — Global Issues
Nearly 42,000 people in Gaza are living with life-changing injuries from the ongoing conflict – including more than 10,000 children – as the health system collapses under relentless strain, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned October 2025. Credit: UN News Opinion by Louis Charbonneau (new york) Friday, October 03, 2025 Inter …
More than 42,000 Gazans Suffer Life-Changing Injuries as Health System Nears Collapse — Global Issues
On 26 September 2025, children stand outside a tent being used for medical services at Al Aqsa Hospital in Deir al Balah in the Gaza Strip. Credit: UNICEF/James Elder by Oritro Karim (united nations) Friday, October 03, 2025 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, October 3 (IPS) – In recent months, the …
Five Years of Deepening Authoritarianism — Global Issues
Credit: Pavel Bednyakov/Pool via Reuters Opinion by Inés M. Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Friday, October 03, 2025 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, October 3 (IPS) – When Mali’s former Prime Minister Moussa Mara stood trial in Bamako’s cybercrime court on 29 September, charged with undermining state authority for expressing solidarity with political …
