News headlines
A Growing Gap between Principle and Implementation: 20 Years of Responsibility to Protect
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 26 2025 (IPS) - United Nations member states this week reiterated their commitment to the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity—at a time when world powers are failing to meet these obligations.
Increased Demand for Cobalt Fuels Ongoing Humanitarian Crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 26 (IPS) - The demand for cobalt and other minerals is fueling a decades-long humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In pursuit of money to support their families, Congolese laborers face abuse and life-threatening conditions working in unregulated mines.
Lawmakers in Maldives Pledge to Support Women Leaders
- Inter Press Service
MALÉ & JOHANNESBURG, Jun 26 (IPS) - A meeting of parliamentarians in Malé, the Maldives, pledged to provide an enabling environment for emerging women leaders by supporting them and promoting a political culture rooted in mutual respect, inclusivity, and equal opportunity.
Rising Temperatures, Rising Inequalities: How a New Insurance Protects India’s Poorest Women
- Inter Press Service
BHUBANESWAR/AHMEDABAD, India, Jun 26 (IPS) - As Deviben Dhaundhaliya, 45, a streetside seller of artificial jewelry, waits for her husband Devabhai to arrive and help her shift their iron-frame mobile ‘shop’ to the Bhadra Fort open-air marketplace in Ahmedabad city, she tells of how “as heat increased, my wares started melting under the direct exposure to the sun, or they got discolored.”
Iran— Deja Vu All Over Again
- Inter Press Service
ATLANTA, USA, Jun 26 (IPS) - Chest thumping “Mission Accomplished” claims by President Trump that he ordered the world’s biggest conventional bombs to be dropped on a sleeping nation of 90 million people, were premature. To top it off he bragged that Iran’s nuclear capacity was devastated and that the whole nation fired “not a single shot” back.
Millions remain invisible – but Asia-Pacific leaders pledge change by 2030
- UN News
More than a decade after Asian and Pacific nations launched a campaign to ensure every life is counted, millions across the region still remain “invisible” – born, living, and dying without formal recognition.
Upcoming elections ‘crucial opportunity’ for Central African Republic, UN top official tells Security Council
- UN News
As the Central African Republic (CAR) prepares for upcoming elections, the country continues to grapple with a fragile security and humanitarian context, the UN Security Council heard on Thursday.
Ukraine: Increasing hostilities displace civilians, limit humanitarian access
- UN News
Deadly hostilities continued along the front-line regions of Ukraine on Wednesday, displacing civilians and damaging civilian infrastructure, the UN has reported.
DR Congo: Conflict survivors ‘have been through hell,’ says UN aid chief
- UN News
The conflict-impacted people of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) urgently need much more international assistance than they are getting today, the UN’s top aid official said on Thursday.
Eighty years on, UN Charter marked by reflection, resolve – and a run
- UN News
It wasn’t an average Thursday morning in Manhattan. In the early hours, UN diplomats (and UN News) hit the streets in their sneakers – from Times Square to East River – following a route that traced the shape of “UN@80”.
Powered by
