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The Global Epidemic of Violence in an Age of Impunity

2026-05-13T05:46:00-07:00

NEW YORK, May 13 (IPS) - Violence has metastasized into humanity’s baseline condition. Yet international institutions remain paralyzed by vetoes and rivalry, offering hollow declarations while dehumanization becomes normalized. Coordinated action, not gestures, is desperately needed.

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Lebanon: UN peacekeeping force warns drone incidents near its positions are putting personnel at risk

2026-05-13T05:00:00-07:00

The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said on Wednesday that escalating drone activity and nearby explosions involving suspected Hezbollah drones and Israeli forces are endangering its personnel and threatening already fragile stability in southern Lebanon.

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Ambitious Great Green Wall Shows Slow, Steady Progress in Strengthening Landscapes, Improving Livelihoods

2026-05-12T11:18:35-07:00

GARABADU VILLAGE, Nigeria, May 12 (IPS) - In 2021, Gadeja Shehu and about a hundred farmers in Garbadu village, Zamfara State in northwestern Nigeria, were invited by officials of the National Agency for the Great Green Wall to plant trees across a large stretch of land in their community.

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The Iran War Is Costing Children’s Lives in Somalia

2026-05-12T06:31:55-07:00

MOGADISHU, Somalia , May 12 (IPS) - When war erupted in the Middle East in late February, the most visible consequences were playing out in the Persian Gulf, with smoke rising from Dubai’s Jebel Ali port and shipping traffic across one of the world’s most critical maritime routes grinding to a near halt.

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World News in Brief: Conflict drives hunger in DR Congo, mass corporal punishment in Afghanistan, Earth’s sand is running out

2026-05-12T05:00:00-07:00

More than 26.5 million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are facing acute hunger, according to a new analysis from UN-backed food security experts published Tuesday.

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Chad’s refugee crisis overwhelms maternity care in east, UN agency warns

2026-05-12T05:00:00-07:00

Many women in eastern Chad are being forced to give birth in overcrowded clinics with limited medicine, minimal equipment and severe shortages of anesthesia, as a worsening humanitarian crisis overwhelms the country’s fragile healthcare system, the UN reproductive health agency, UNFPA, warned on Tuesday.

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Children shot, stabbed and pepper-sprayed in occupied West Bank

2026-05-12T05:00:00-07:00

Israeli military operations and surging settler attacks in the occupied West Bank are killing and maiming a growing number of Palestinian children, while in Gaza tens of thousands with life-changing injuries lack access to treatment and rehabilitation, UN agencies warned on Tuesday.

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Strait of Hormuz de-escalation is urgent, says UN chief

2026-05-11T05:00:00-07:00

As the Strait of Hormuz crisis deepens and tensions between Iran and the United States remain unresolved, oil prices rose again early Monday, prompting the UN Secretary-General to call for a peaceful resolution and warn of the widening fallout across Africa and beyond.

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Gaza’s Deepening Health Crisis Leaves Hospitals Overwhelmed

2026-05-08T18:01:52-07:00

UNITED NATIONS, May 8 (IPS) - Despite the implementation of a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel last October, Israeli forces continue to launch airstrikes into the Occupied Palestinian Territory. This has resulted in extensive destruction of infrastructure, loss of human life and exacerbating immense health needs amid an increasingly strained health system in Gaza.

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Somalia teeters on the brink of catastrophe as hunger crisis deepens

2026-05-08T05:00:00-07:00

“This is not a distant warning. This is a crisis that is unfolding right now and it's deepening quickly.”

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