Myanmar earthquake latest: entire communities flattened, aid teams say
Speaking to journalists from Yangon on Tuesday, Julia Rees, Deputy Representative of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the country described seeing massive needs...
World Drug Day report highlights spike in drug use, increased trafficking
The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, or World Drug Day, is commemorated every year on June 26 and aims to increase action...
Myanmar: Opium crop hits 10-year high amid conflict and economic collapse
According to the Myanmar Opium Survey 2025, poppy cultivation rose by 17 per cent over the past year, from 45,200 hectares in 2024 to...
A “Dress Rehearsal” for an Assault on Cuba
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Vantage PointArticles & Essays by Dr. Ron Daniels
The Institute of the Black World 21st Century joins the overwhelming chorus of voices...
First Person: Filipino elderly ex-prisoner’s joy of ‘sleeping and eating’
According to Government figures, the number of inmates are four times over the planned capacity, making the Philippines one of the most overcrowded penal...
Welcome Back, Cowards
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Members of Congress have slithered their way back to Washington, many Democrats continuing to silently cower in the face of injustice,...
World News in Brief: Türk speaks out on sexual violence, Brazil floods update, Nicaraguan...
“We are not meeting the minimum requirement to prevent women from being silenced, and support their participation and leadership in…building peace,” Mr. Türk said.25 years...
‘Giving help and giving hope’, an aerial lifeline to the world’s most isolated
The WFP’s Executive Director Cindy McCain said the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS), which is managed by the UN’s food agency, enabled humanitarians to...
World News in Brief: Famine in Sudan, 400,000 now in Syria from Lebanon, women...
“Never in modern history have so many people faced starvation and famine as in Sudan today,” the UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts said.Zamzam camp...
Gaza: UN warns of ‘weaponised hunger’ and growing death toll amid food chaos
Speaking to journalists in Deir al Balah on Saturday, Jonathan Whittall, who heads the UN humanitarian coordination office (OCHA) in Gaza and the West...
One woman killed every 10 minutes: The harrowing global reality of femicide
Released on the 25th anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the report sheds light on the global crisis of...
Guterres calls for end to Myanmar violence, persecution of Rohingya
Around one million Rohingya are sheltering in Bangladesh and over 130,000 more have sought safe haven across the region without immediate prospects for return,...
Gaza: Hospitals closed, aid denied, civilians trapped
A stark example of this escalation was highlighted by the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who confirmed that the...
Beyond the Control of Free Speech
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How the death of Charlie Kirk exposed so much more.
A View From the Battlefield by Jamala Rogers —
The murder of MAGA-mentored...
Haiti crisis could impact regional and global stability
As heavily armed gangs expand their control and public institutions are facing intense pressure, delivering humanitarian aid on the ground is becoming harder as...
Syria: Effort to buttress human rights since Assad’s fall, ‘only the beginning of what...
OHCHR is calling for more action to end the violence and achieve justice.“While the interim authorities have taken encouraging steps towards addressing past violations, these steps are only the beginning of what needs...
Fears of racial profiling swirl as Haitians and other immigrants face new US registration...
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Advocates say Trump-era mandate to carry immigration papers revives “show me your papers” era, heightening fear among Haitian and Black immigrant...
Experts demand answers from Russia over award-winning Ukrainian journalist’s death
That’s according to a group of independent UN human rights experts who said in a statement released on Wednesday they are urgently seeking confirmation...
You Were Always Enough
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By Ben Jealous —
When New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams spoke directly to Black boys at a recent inauguration, his...
Modi meets CARICOM leaders
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By Bert Wilkinson, Caribbean Life —
This is only the second time that an Indian Prime Minister had visited Guyana since Indira...
How does it feel to be a problem in the U.S.?
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A call for a serious discussion to answer an age-old question. Black people are beyond tired to the bone. Our fatigue...
Gaza: UN staff now fainting from hunger, exhaustion; WHO worker detained
“Doctors, nurses, journalists, humanitarians, among them UNRWA staff, are hungry…fainting due to hunger and exhaustion while performing their duties,” said Juliette Touma, Director of...
Full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine has sown ‘psychological terror’, warns top aid coordinator
Briefing from Ukrainian capital Kyiv after another night of “air sirens and more loud explosions”, Mr. Schmale noted that the crisis began in 2014,...
‘A silent crisis’: Obstetric fibrosis affects 500,000 women, yet it’s fully treatable
16 years – that is how long Dah had to live with the agonising condition, undergoing eight different surgical procedures before finally getting the...
