64 dead, 65 missing as floods ravage central and eastern Mexico
Floodwaters engulf open land dotted with trees in Veracruz, one of the hardest-hit states after days of heavy rain and severe flooding. —AFP Small towns remain cut off; residents clearing…
Invest in Girls’ Education: Invest in Our Future
NEW YORK, October 13 (IPS) – On today’s International Day of the Girl Child, Education Cannot Wait (ECW) and our strategic partners call for substantial new funding to ensure every…
Madagascar president flees after losing support of key army unit
Andry Rajoelina had been due to address the people on Monday but French state radio reported he had been evacuated after a deal with Emmanuel Macron. Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters View…
India and Canada agree on new roadmap for relations
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands before posing for a photo during the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Kananaskis, in Alberta, Canada, June 17,…
In pictures: Tears, cheers as Palestinians welcome freed prisoners home under Gaza ceasefire
Overwhelmed with emotion, Palestinians poured into the streets of Gaza and the occupied West Bank to welcome home freed prisoners under a US-brokered ceasefire deal — a day marked by…
‘No Solution Will Work If the Institutions Responsible for Abuses Remain in Charge of Implementing It’
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…
Darjeeling’s Wake-Up Call: Expert at IUCN Congress Calls for Agile Climate Finance
ABU DHABI, October 13 (IPS) – As global conservation leaders gather in Abu Dhabi for the IUCN World Conservation Congress, communities in the hills of Darjeeling, thousands of kilometers away,…
Quo Vadis UN @80?
KATHMANDU, Nepal, October 13 (IPS) – The United Nations turned 80 this year. What should have been a moment of pride and celebration at the high-level session of the UN…
Gaza: Hostages reported released, aid scale-up has begun, say aid agencies
As the UN Secretary-General on Monday welcomed the release of all living hostages from Gaza, aid agencies said that lifesaving relief supplies are now flowing at scale into the shattered…