As ongoing gang violence and unrest bring down the living conditions in Haiti, humanitarian groups sound the alarm on human ...

Efforts to end child marriage in Iraq are facing a serious threat, with the Iraqi Council of Representatives’ approval of amendments to Iraq’s Personal Status Law raising grave concerns that it risks ...

Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science and a time to take stock of progress, and setbacks towards open and gender-inclusive science.

A global alert is not an option. It requires global action. Over the past three years, the number of crisis-impacted school-aged children in need of urgent quality education support has grown by an ...

Pakistan’s once-thriving trout fish farming industry is now on the verge of collapse due to the devastating impacts of climate change.

The price of not providing equitable grant-based, public climate finance will be economic losses, health impacts, increased ...

Communities in the Kavango West region of northern Namibia have firsthand experience of the severe impacts of climate change. The dry, cracked soil and emaciated livestock provide a constant reminder ...

Human rights groups and Belarusians say they see no signs that Alexander Lukashenko is preparing to loosen his iron grip on ...

At night, when the world lights up, large swathes of Africa remain cloaked in darkness—a stark reminder of the continent’s lack of reliable access to electricity. This access is one of the key ...

Coral reefs and marine ecosystems in the Milne Bay Province of the Pacific Island nation of Papua New Guinea are at serious risk of long-term environmental damage. The reason: an oil spill from a ship ...