In Afghanistan, the Taliban are detaining women, even when they are wearing a hijab. Activists suspect that the issue of ...

For years, global discussions of disaster risk in the Pacific have been dominated by climate change. Rising seas, ...

As the world prepares for the 31st United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP31) in Antalya, Türkiye, Kenya’s ...

Afghanistan stands at a “difficult crossroad” more than five years after the Taliban returned to power, a senior UN official ...

A right under pressure No one disputes freedom of association. It is in the Constitutions of almost every country, the ...

Aid teams working to help millions of people uprooted by the ongoing war in Sudan appealed on Friday for more international assistance amid desperate funding shortages, empty warehouses and ...

CIVICUS discusses India’s Gen Z-led protest movement and civic space restrictions with Avinash Kumar, National Co-convenor of ...

Drifting through the polar darkness, a team of scientists is documenting a rapidly changing Arctic. As sea ice retreats and oil tankers move in, a conversation with the UN chief reveals why the battle ...

The climate emergency is an immediate crisis for refugees, with three in four – nearly 90 million people – living in countries facing high to severe exposure to hazards such as drought, floods and ...

On November 2, the United States launched a series of limited, defensive strikes on Iranian targets on Qeshm Island and ...

Many children born in Syria since the war began in 2011 have no legal identity because nationality passes only through ...

One in four adolescents worldwide reported not getting at least 60 minutes of physical activity on any day in the previous ...