12+ hour, 9+ min ago  (955+ words) Olena, from Ukraine's Kharkiv region, was just 12 when Russia's full-scale invasion of her country began on February 24, 2022. Over the last four years she has seen all her close friends leave the small town she lives in, most to move abroad,…...

22+ hour, 48+ min ago  (1426+ words) COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, April 28 (IPS) - As delegates from 191 countries, including the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, gathered Monday at UN headquarters for a month of diplomacy at the Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the…...

21+ hour, 37+ min ago  (511+ words) These are well-researched and well-known facts. Yet development partners continue to advance loans (packaged as aid) to Bangladesh violating the United Nations Principles of Responsible Sovereign Lending. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) provided the lifeline at the dying hours of…...

22+ hour, 48+ min ago  (1061+ words) NEW YORK, April 28 (IPS) - The veil has been lifted'but not the one you think. Not the veil the West has spent decades weaponizing. The veil now exposed is the one that concealed Western feminism's selective solidarity'its silence on the women…...

16+ hour, 54+ min ago  (1181+ words) UNITED NATIONS, April 28 (IPS) - The race for the next UN Secretary-General has, so far, attracted only four candidates'perhaps with more to come in an unpredictable contest. But most of the candidates have played it safe " avoiding controversial issues and circumventing…...

22+ hour, 34+ min ago  (877+ words) KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, April 28 (IPS) - The January 2026 US National Defense Strategy (NDS) departs significantly from those preceding it, including from Trump's first term. Is it deliberately misleading? Or is actual policy, including war, being driven by other considerations? The 34-page…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (208+ words) Global Issues. org MIDDLE EAST LIVE 27 April: Fighting continues in Lebanon; Security Council to debate maritime security The recently extended ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon remains under strain as violence continues, with civilian deaths and injuries reported in Israeli strikes…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (173+ words) Universal jurisdiction applies to crimes under international law, such as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, on the grounds that these crimes are an offence against humanity as a whole and as such aren't bound by borders. Some states,…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (762+ words) The blockading of ships in the Strait of Hormuz as a result of the conflict between the United States and Iran has demonstrated how ships and seafarers have become "leverage in geopolitical disputes," according to the head of the UN's…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (851+ words) WASHINGTON DC, April 27 (IPS) - Sub-Saharan Africa's economies entered 2026 with significant momentum. The region had notched its fastest growth rate in 10 years4. 5 percent in 2025buoyed by reduced macroeconomic imbalances, rising investment levels, and a generally supportive external environment. Countries such as Benin, C'te…...