Gaza: No evacuation order given before hospital strike, says WHO
“All night, there was heavy bombing around the Kamal Adwan Hospital”, said Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, the UN health’s agency Representative for the Occupied Palestinian...
Virtual Forum: “International Crisis in Cuba”
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Majority of Britons support permanent British Museum exhibit on transatlantic slave trade
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By Karen K. Ho, ARTNews —
A recent poll found the majority of Britons, 53 percent, support a permanent exhibit at the British...
Gaza: Acts of war bear hallmarks of atrocity crimes, warn UN humanitarians
According to local health authorities in Gaza, 830 people were killed between 18-23 March, including 174 women and 322 children. A further 1,787 were...
ICC Prosecutor appeals for evidence of Darfur atrocities
In a video posted on social media, Karim Khan urged victim groups, civil society organizations, national authorities, and international partners to engage with his...
UN agency rolls out three-year plan to safeguard Ukraine’s bread basket
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released its emergency response and early recovery plan, outlining priority measures to protect agricultural livelihoods, restore production...
America’s Seasonal Reminder of a Housing Crisis We Refuse to Fix
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
Every December, we celebrate the story of a child born in a manger. We adorn nativity scenes...
Bold, diverse and unstoppable: Girls speak out amid a world in crisis
Alongside senior officials from the UN community, they commemorated the International Day of the Girl Child through declarations, dialogue and a show of solidarity...
Amidst uncertainty, a helpline in Pakistan becomes a lifeline for Afghans
She sits among a multilingual team of 40 colleagues, speakers of Pashto, Dari, Persian, Arabic, Urdu and English, in a room filled with monitors...
‘A language everyone understands’: Jordanian cartoonist on art as hope
Based in the capital of Jordan, Abdallat has spent years using art to spark conversations on human rights, tolerance and social change. Through his...
Children face unprecedented challenges by 2050, UNICEF report warns
‘The State of the World’s Children 2024: The Future of Childhood in a Changing World’, explores three megatrends young people face including climate disasters,...
Scientifically unchaining the power of the turbulence code that cracked the universe formation
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Scientists and engineers have long known that cracking the code of turbulence would be highly gratifying, but they did not know...
From silence to strength: Women leaders speak out in South Sudan
She knows what it’s like to be silenced.Born into a family that didn’t believe in educating girls, she had to stay home while her brothers went to school. Only when she...
Major step forward for child protection in Colombia, as politicians ban underage marriage
In November, following several failed attempts, politicians of all stripes approved a bill to overhaul legislation that has been in effect since 1887, reflecting...
‘The UN is not leaving Haiti,’ spokesperson afffirms
In a briefing on Tuesday, UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq highlighted the deepening insecurity, noting that essential personnel from various UN agencies and the...
Philippines: Humane approach to incarceration relieves chronic prison overcrowding
At the Manila City Jail in the Philippines capital, prisoners lie in neat rows as they demonstrate how they sleep every night.In male dormitory...
Darfur: ICC convicts Janjaweed leader of war crimes and crimes against humanity
The landmark judgment, delivered on Monday in The Hague after a lengthy trial, found him guilty on 27 counts for his role in attacks...
Ukrainians continue flee the frontline, as war stretches into fourth year
“In the last six months alone, more than 200,000 people have been evacuated from frontline areas in the east and north,” said Filippo Grandi,...
Bipartisan bill demands Trump administration come up with strategy to help Haiti
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By Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald —
One of Haiti’s staunchest advocates in Congress wants to force the Trump administration to come up...
U.S. and Iran — Background and Origins of a “Terrorist” State
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Monday, April 6, 2026 · 3:00 PM ET
In this edition of Vantage Point, Dr. Ron Daniels, aka “the Professor,” speaks with...
Health, education, opportunity at stake, amid stubborn digital gender divide
Closing this gap is not optional. There were189 million fewer women than men online in 2024. The disparity is about more than access, it...
In Disruption, Go Back to Our Roots
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
It has not yet been sixty days, but in two scant months the 47th President has upended...
MIDDLE EAST LIVE 25 March: Strait of Hormuz, Human Rights Council meets
It’s day 26 of war in the Middle East. Ongoing strikes in Israel and Iran have included intensifying Israeli attacks against Hezbollah targets in...
Unprecedented Afghan returns are ‘a test of our collective humanity’
Roza Otunbayeva, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, made the appeal during a visit to the Islam Qala border crossing with Iran on Tuesday...
