When you grow up on a small island, the ocean is not scenery. It is your neighbour, your livelihood, and the measure of time ...

BELÉM, Brazil, October 19 (IPS) - In 2024, as floodwaters approached Lutalo Canti’s home in Porto Alegre, Brazil, he lifted some furniture off the floor and left in a hurry. Extreme rainfall in the ...

Afghan women have resorted to online protests as their only available recourse, even though the risks of being caught are ...

The UN warned on Tuesday against a premature withdrawal of its peacekeepers as the war in Sudan spills over into the Central ...

Artificial intelligence is already being widely used on the battlefield, and the role of human judgment in military operations is shrinking rapidly, the head of the UN’s independent disarmament ...

CIVICUS discusses the persecution of Uyghurs and activism in exile with Rushan Abbas, an Uyghur American activist, founder and executive director of Campaign for Uyghurs and chair of the Executive ...

CIVICUS discusses the persecution of Uyghurs and activism in exile with Rushan Abbas, an Uyghur American activist, founder and executive director of Campaign for Uyghurs and chair of the Executive ...

Israeli attacks on war-torn Gaza over the weekend killed at least six Palestinians, including children, despite a year-old ...

Armed groups in Haiti are adapting to intensified security operations, stepping up reprisals against civilians and extending ...

Funding shortages have forced the World Food Programme (WFP) to slash assistance to hungry families in the Gaza Strip by ...

BELÉM, Brazil, October 19 (IPS) - In 2024, as floodwaters approached Lutalo Canti’s home in Porto Alegre, Brazil, he lifted some furniture off the floor and left in a hurry. Extreme rainfall in the ...

Biodiversity losses continue to upend the lives of billions of people whose future prosperity depends on countries taking ...