The experts were alarmed that hundreds of escapees – the vast majority of whom are women – have been sent back, despite repeated appeals by multiple international human rights bodies. Hundreds more reportedly are in detention awaiting the same fate. There are long-standing and credible reports that people returned to…
The latest, 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck areas northeast of Herat city Sunday morning local time. According to the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), as of Monday evening local time, two people were reported to have been killed and over 150 injured in the latest quake. In total,…
An image illustrating the ‘No-senior zone’ in a Korean café. Credit: The Nation Opinion by Hyunsung Julie Lee (seoul) Friday, October 13, 2023 Inter Press Service In this, the fourth of IPS’ Youth Thought Leaders series, the author looks at suicide rates in older persons and concludes we should break barriers…
The region was struck by two massive earthquakes on Saturday, followed a series of aftershocks, including a major one on Wednesday that flattened several homes spared by the original quake. Women and children make up over 90 per cent of the victims, according to UN agencies. Disasters compounded Making matters…
Opinion by Charlie Brown (washington dc) Friday, October 13, 2023 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Oct 13 (IPS) – As the Minamata Convention on Mercury’s fifth Conference of the Parties (COP5) approaches, momentum builds to adopt the Africa Region’s proposed amendment to phase out dental amalgam – a cavity filling material…
The man dressed in white represents the Ministry for Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. His presence causes fear on the emptying streets of Kabul. Credit: Learning Together Thursday, October 12, 2023 Inter Press Service Oct 12 (IPS) – The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish…
Afghans living illegally in Pakistan have asked the authorities to reconsider their threat to evict them by November 1 because of the Taliban’s attitude toward working women and education for girls. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar) Thursday, October 12, 2023 Inter Press Service PESHAWAR, Oct 12 (IPS) – Amid…
Credit: Mohamed Afrah/AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Thursday, October 12, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Oct 12 (IPS) – Ahead of the presidential election, Solih faced accusations of irregularities in his party’s primary vote, in which he defeated former president Mohamed Nasheed. The Electoral Commission was accused…
Credit: ESCAP Opinion by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana (bangkok, thailand) Thursday, October 12, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Oct 12 (IPS) – This year we pass the halfway mark both on our journey towards implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, and the signing of…
Press Briefing was held at Ministry of Foreign Affairs ahead of the XXI anniversary meeting of the Secretariat of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions on October 11, 2023. The agenda for the meeting includes an exchange of views on the outcomes of the VII Congress of…
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