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‘Don’t give up’: Syrian women’s ongoing search for the missing
- UN News
Yasmin Al-Mashaan lost five brothers during more than a decade of conflict in Syria. Two were forcibly disappeared. Three were killed during peaceful demonstrations or by snipers loyal to the Bashar Al-Assad regime.
Sudan: Air attack destroys food aid for families in South Kordofan
- UN News
Two truckloads of food aid destined for hungry families in South Kordofan state, Sudan, were destroyed in an aerial attack over the weekend, the World Food Progamme (WFP) said on Wednesday.
‘Fight for humanity’: Avoiding a climate catastrophe means acting now
- UN News
Record heat waves, deadly flooding and extreme weather reflect an ever-warming planet poised to soon breach safe temperature limits, according to a UN report released on Tuesday, but doubling down on climate action now could avoid a climate catastrophe.
Population Age Structures of Countries
- Inter Press Service
PORTLAND, USA, September 1 (IPS) - The age structures of populations vary considerably across countries. Some countries have relatively young populations, with large proportions consisting of children and adolescents. Other countries have much older age structures, with a substantial proportion of people aged 65 years or older.
‘I am one who dies for life, not one who lives for death’ – Kurdish Political Prisoner Pakhshan Azizi
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, September 1 (IPS) - In 2024, Kurdish social worker Pakhshan Azizi was sentenced to death. She remains incarcerated in Evin Prison, Tehran, Iran. This is her story …
Deadly Flash Floods in Nepal Kill Hundreds and Leave Over 4,200 Missing
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, September 1 (IPS) - On the morning of August 26, an unprecedented series of flash floods struck Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, causing immense destruction, killing hundreds of civilians and leaving thousands missing. Entire neighborhoods have been buried underwater and beneath mud as the Nepalese government and humanitarian organizations rush to provide emergency assistance.
Pakhshan Azizi’s Letter from Evin Prison
- Inter Press Service
TEHRAN, September 1 (IPS) - Writing from the women’s ward of Evin Prison on 10 June 2026, Kurdish political prisoner Pakhshan Azizi, who remains under a death sentence, reflects on her legal case, political principles, humanitarian work, and the broader historical and political dynamics shaping the Middle East.
The Drylands Dividend: The Smart Investment for Powering a Water-Scarce World
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, September 1 (IPS) - Open a can of something fizzy and the reason the sugar doesn’t separate immediately is gum arabic, tapped by hand from acacia trees across the Sahel. Spray on perfume and the reason the scent is still there at dinner is frankincense, a resin cut from Boswellia trees on the dry escarpments of the Horn of Africa. The fat that gives a chocolate bar its snap may well be shea, gathered and pressed by women in the parkland belt of West Africa. The cashmere jumper came from goats that can only be raised on cold, dry rangelands.
Dollar Dominance Eroding Slowly but Surely
- Inter Press Service
JAKARTA, Indonesia, September 1 (IPS) - The US dollar’s role as the world’s reserve currency has been eroding gradually for decades. However, various US policies, including recent deliberately unexpected actions, have at times accelerated de-dollarisation.
Response must outpace spread of Ebola: UN relief chief
- UN News
The world must move faster to contain an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that is growing exponentially, the UN’s Emergency Relief Coordinator warned on Tuesday.
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