As delegates prepare for the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) in Nice, France, momentum is building around ocean ...

In January 2025, President Trump signed an executive order that upended humanitarian efforts globally, leaving millions of ...

UNDP Human Development Report warns of slowing human development progress, with disparities between rich and poor nations widening.

While #MeToo exposed abuse in secular spaces, #ChurchToo was distinct because it confronted the deep moral and spiritual betrayal that occurs when abuse happens within faith communities ...

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons must not be allowed to collapse under the weight of geopolitical cynicism.

The new pope, the latest in a line dating back almost 2,000 years, was quickly subjected to a very modern phenomenon: no sooner had Pope Leo XIV delivered his first address than people started ...

Dr Palitha Kohona is former Head, UN Treaties, a one-time Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN & until recently, Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China.

Political instability and conflicts in the Great Lakes, the Horn of Africa, Sudan, and South Sudan have led to massive ...

South Korea, which currently has the world’s lowest fertility rate, are expected to experience population decline and demographic ageing throughout the remaining decades of the 21st century ...

More people are dying from once treatable infections because the medicines are no longer working as they should. The culprit?

Strong storms washed Golenur Begum's house away. Now the women from her village are climate-proofing their communities by ...

The Gulf’s most powerful weapon isn’t a military, a United Nations (UN) Security Council seat, or a legacy of global ...