News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 304
U.N. Marks Humanitarian Day Battling Its Worst Refugee Crisis
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 18 (IPS) - The United Nations is commemorating World Humanitarian Day with "inspiring" human interest stories of survival – even as the world body describes the current refugee crisis as the worst for almost a quarter of a century.
Time to Work Out a Plan C for Greece
- Inter Press Service
ATHENS, Aug 18 (IPS) - Just over a month ago, Greek citizens were asked to go to the polls for a referendum that posed the country with an unprecedented existential dilemma and challenged the EU with the possibility of its collapse.
Prospects for Peace in South Sudan Fading Fast
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, Aug 18 (IPS) - Dismissing efforts, including those of U.S. President Barack Obama, to sign off on a peace agreement and end the 20-month-long civil war in the world's newest nation, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir declined to sign, saying he needed more time for consultations.
The U.N. at 70: Leading the Global Agenda on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality - Part Two
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 17 (IPS) - The efforts of the United Nations and the global women's movement to promote the women's rights agenda and make it a top international priority saw its culmination in the creation of U.N. Women, by the General Assembly in 2010.
Designed to Fail: Gaza’s Reconstruction Plan
- Inter Press Service
BETHLEHEM, Palestine, Aug 15 (IPS) - The rubble of twisted concrete and metal bakes in the hot Mediterranean sun of a regional heat wave.
U.N. Chief, Seeking Accountability, Shatters Myth of Lifetime Jobs
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 14 (IPS) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stopped short of telling one his high-ranking Special Representatives: "You're fired."
U.N. Launches Second Abuse Probe of Peacekeepers in CAR
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 13 (IPS) - It was two a.m. on Aug. 2 as peacekeeping forces from the U.N. Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) searched for a criminal suspect in the PK5 Muslim enclave of the capital city of Bangui.
Impressive Relief Effort Alleviating Hardship in Flood-Affected Myanmar
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 12 (IPS) - With the rainy season still far from over, flood-affected communities in the Sagaing Region and other parts of northern and western Myanmar are preparing for more hardships, while the government continues what the United Nations has called an "incredible" relief effort.
Humanitarian Crisis Deepens in War-Torn Yemen
- Inter Press Service
Protests Greet Japan's Relaunch of Nuke Power
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 10 (IPS) - Protesters rallied outside Japan's Sendai nuclear plant a day ahead of its planned opening and four years after the Fukushima disaster galvanised opposition to nuclear power in the country.
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