Nonviolent Tactics and the Fascist Threat — By Ted Glick
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By Ted Glick –
“Anger against injustice and oppression is not just legitimate; it is necessary to successfully build a movement for...
IOM Spokesperson on the Tragic Migrant Deaths Off Egypt’s Coast
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Geneva/Cairo, 10 June 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is deeply saddened by media reports of the discovery of...
UN General Assembly adopts Gaza ceasefire resolution by overwhelming majority
The move followed the Security Council’s failure to pass a similar resolution last week due to a lone veto by permanent member the United...
World News in Brief: ‘Indifference and impunity’ in Sudan, ICC judges speak out against...
Tom Fletcher noted that over 30 million people require humanitarian assistance. Moreover, with famine declared in multiple places and over 14.6 million people displaced,...
Haiti Sees Record Displacement as 1.3 Million Flee Violence
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Geneva/Port-au-Prince, 11 June 2025 – Nearly 1.3 million people are now internally displaced in Haiti, a 24 percent increase since December 2024,...
UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ as Air India crash claims lives of over 200 on...
The plane – a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner – crashed into a medical college about a mile from the city’s main airport reportedly killing five...
IOM Mobilizes Urgent Aid After Tragic Incident Off Djibouti Coast
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Djibouti/Geneva, 11 June 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM), in close coordination with Djiboutian authorities, is scaling up its...
Yemen at breaking point as UN envoy urges action to end suffering
Speaking via videoconference, UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg said the country remains trapped in a prolonged political, humanitarian and development crisis.“Yemen is so...
Famine stalks two counties in South Sudan as fragile peace is threatened
The warning comes amidst increased violence and a worsening food security condition which has 11 out of 13 counties in the state facing emergency...
‘No Ocean Declaration without small islands’: Delegates push for inclusion as UN summit nears...
With the conference, known as UNOC3, set to close Friday, the stakes couldn’t be higher.Li Junhua, the UN’s Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs,...
Global push to end plastic pollution gains ground in Nice
Away from the cameras and fanfare of the Third UN Ocean Conference under way in the coastal French city, they voiced a shared determination...
Decades of memories and loss – searching for the missing in Syria
The Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic (IIMP) is the first entity of its kind established by the UN General...
GAZA LIVE: UN General Assembly to vote on resolution demanding immediate, unconditional and permanent...
The General Assembly meets at 3pm in New York on Thursday in emergency session following the Security Council’s failure to adopt a resolution on...
IOM Ramps Up Emergency Response Amid Deadly Flooding in Nigeria
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Geneva/Mokwa, 11 June 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM), in close coordination with the Government of Nigeria, is responding...
Atomic watchdog says Iran not complying with nuclear safeguards
The development follows serious warnings from the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) earlier this week that inspectors have been unable to determine whether...
IOM Reaches Milestone as 100,000 Migrants Return Home from Libya
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Geneva/Tripoli, 12 June 2025 – In a significant milestone, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has helped over 100,000 migrants voluntarily...
Displacement doubles while funding shrinks, warns UNHCR
In December last year, the overthrow of the Assad regime by opposition forces reignited hope that most Syrians could see home again soon. As...
Gang violence displaces a record 1.3 million Haitians
This represents a 24 per cent increase from December 2024 according to the UN agency, which also noted that this increase has produced the...
Rising hunger in Gaza highlights urgent need for ‘unfettered’ aid supplies
Only around 6,000 tonnes of wheat flour have entered the war-torn enclave since Israel began to allow limited supplies back in last month. However, 10,000...
Ongoing Russian strikes continue alarming civilian casualty trend
The toll includes 1,389 casualties in April (221 killed, 1,168 injured) – the highest monthly total so far this year – followed by 1,019...
‘Plenty of fish in the sea’? Not anymore, say UN experts in Nice
As yachts bobbed gently and delegates streamed by in a rising tide of lanyards and iPads at Port Lympia, Nice’s historic harbor, that statistic...
The world pledged to end child labour by 2025: So why are 138 million...
There are 10,000 children in Madagascar who, like Tenasoa, work in the largely unregulated mica industry. The silicate is used in paints, car parts,...
At least eight die in Red Sea tragedy as smugglers force migrants overboard
At least eight people are feared dead and 22 others are missing after smugglers stopped a boat carrying around 150 passengers likely bound for...
World News in Brief: Global growth slows, deadly Ukraine attacks, Haiti hurricane hunger risk,...
Growth is projected to weaken to 2.3 per cent, or nearly half a percentage point lower than expected at the start of the year,...