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…
Opinion – How Could COP30 Put Climate Back at the Top of the Global Agenda?
COP30 provides an opportunity for the global and the local to come together and collaborate to form policies which combine local knowledge with international resources.
Parliamentarians Seek Solutions for Digital Child Abuse
TOKYO & JOHANNESBURG, October 13 (IPS) – Vulnerable children are being targeted online faster than parliamentarians and law enforcers can act, a conference convened by the Asian Population and Development…
Guiding Disaster Risk-Reduction Investments Through AI-Powered Tools
BANGKOK, Thailand, October 13 (IPS) – The theme of this year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, “Fund Resilience, Not Disasters,” called for the urgent need to shift from reactive…
EU countries sign Danish plan to boost child protection online
One of the tools to mitigate the negative impact of illegal and age-inappropriate content is effective age verification EU ministers on Friday pledged to increase their efforts to protect children…
‘America’s original hero’: Trump sparks anger by making Columbus Day an Italian-American celebration
A statue of Christopher Columbus seen in downtown Syracuse, New York, on 5 September 2025. US President Donald Trump has issued an official proclamation to reinstate Columbus Day, which falls…