- Bangladesh Deals with Triple Disasters of Flooding, Coronavirus and Lost Livelihoods http://www.ipsnews.net/2020/08/bangladesh-deals-triple-disasters-flooding-coronavirus-lost-livelihoods/ 3 comments worldnews
- Three Countries Protect Half the World’s New Refugees | Turkey, Bangladesh and Uganda alone received over half of all new refugees last year. Never before has the world registered a larger number of people displaced by war and persecution. http://www.ipsnews.net/2018/06/three-countries-protect-half-worlds-new-refugees/ 9 comments worldnews
- The overwhelming majority of lobby meetings held by European Commissioners and their closest advisors are with representatives of corporate interests. http://www.ipsnews.net/2015/06/corporate-interests-dominate-lobbying-with-eu-policy-makers/? 8 comments worldnews
- New Study Says Democracy on the Retreat in Over 96 of the 193 U.N. Member States http://www.ipsnews.net/2015/06/democracy-on-the-retreat-in-over-96-of-the-193-u-n-member-states-says-new-study/ 393 comments worldnews
- Worldwide Displacement at the Highest Level Ever Recorded | Inter Press Service http://www.ipsnews.net/2015/06/worldwide-displacement-at-the-highest-level-ever-recorded/ 7 comments worldnews
- Pakistan’s Ahmadis Faced with Death or Exile http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/10/pakistans-ahmadis-faced-with-death-or-exile/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pakistans-ahmadis-faced-with-death-or-exile&preview=true 4 comments pakistan
- Severe water crisis in the financially bankrupt city of Detroit has prompted several non-governmental organisations and activists to appeal for U.N. intervention http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/06/water-cut-off-in-u-s-city-violates-human-rights-say-activists 6 comments worldnews
- Despite crisis, Europe continues to protect its banksters http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/06/despite-crisis-europe-continues-to-protect-its-banksters/ 9 comments europe
- "The United States ranks only 16th among 132 countries in terms of social progress and environmental performance, according to a new "Social Progress Index" released Wednesday." http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/04/economic-growth-wellbeing-equal-study-finds/ 7 comments politics
- Argentine activists win first round against Monsanto plant http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/01/argentine-activists-win-first-round-monsanto-plant/ 46 comments worldnews
- “The Oil Is Ours” – But Its Secrets Are the NSA’s. Reported U.S. spying on Brazil’s Petrobras oil firm revived the controversy over opening up the company, a symbol of Brazilian sovereignty since the 1950s, to foreign investment. http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/09/the-oil-is-ours-but-its-secrets-are-the-nsas/ 49 comments worldnews
- Ranchers Try to Drive Tsimané Indians Off Their Land: “We can’t take any more abuse,” Carmelo Tayo, the head of this small Tsimané indigenous village, says sadly. The community has lived for decades on land in Bolivia’s Amazon jungle that outsiders are now trying to gain control of. http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/03/ranchers-try-to-drive-tsimane-indians-off-their-land/ 9 comments worldnews
- Brazilian-made plastic solar panels, a clean energy breakthrough http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/03/brazilian-made-plastic-solar-panels-a-clean-energy-breakthrough/ 5 comments worldnews
- Sick By Choice? US Health Worse Than Nearly All Other Industrialized Countries | '“We were stunned by the propensity of findings all on the negative side - the scope of the disadvantage covers all ages, from babies to seniors, both sexes, all classes of society.” http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/01/u-s-health-worse-than-nearly-all-other-industrialised-countries/ 5 comments politics
- Eating’ Water Latest and Rising Threat to a Thirsty World: “More than one-fourth of all the water we use worldwide is taken to grow over one billion tons of food that nobody eats” http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/08/eating-water-latest-and-rising-threat-to-a-thirsty-population/ 3 comments worldnews
- Another Olympics Sans Saudi Women? Saudi Arabia stands alone as the only country who has banned females from participating. http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107621 46 comments worldnews
- U.S. Allies Call for Drug Legalisation: "An increasingly large chorus of nations - ravaged by trafficking and violence - say it's now time to re-think international drug policy." http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107428 202 comments worldnews
- Indian Retailers on Edge as 800-Pound Gorillas Come Knocking http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106599 5 comments worldnews
- The first-ever audit of the U.S. Federal Reserve has revealed 16 trillion dollars in secret bank bailouts and has raised more questions about the quasi-private agency’s opaque operations. http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=104913 92 comments politics
- China will eventually surpass the United States as the world's premier superpower, if it hasn't already, according to the latest survey by the Pew Global Attitudes Project http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56491 152 comments worldnews
- World in the Throes of a Human Rights Revolution, Says Amnesty International http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=55626 47 comments worldnews
- Why the Egyptian Army Won’t Shoot Protesters: "My monthly wage is 1,100 Egyptian pounds (188 dollars)... No one can afford to live on these wages." http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=54323 59 comments worldnews
- A Bedouin youth casually spreads out a piece of cloth before a police headquarters in Sinai. "I will leave when Mubarak leaves," he says http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=54309 4 comments worldnews
- Intelligence documents used to argue that Iran had a covert R&D nuclear weapons programme in 2003 had a fatal flaw: the drawings showed the wrong missile warhead http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=53616 6 comments worldnews
- Kazakhstan Prisoners Disemboweling Themselves To Protest Prison Conditions - UN Gets Involved http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=53121 14 comments worldnews
- Death by Remote: But Is It Legal? - "extrajudicial executions ... are punishable as a war crime" says 1998 UN report http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=52045 31 comments worldnews
- American Neo-Conservatives Lead Charge Against Turkey - "Turkey now represents a major element in the global panorama of radical Islam," declared the Weekly Standard's Stephen Schwartz. http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51771 3 comments worldnews
- A new desalination facility on Israel's Mediterranean seashore soothes Israel's chronic fresh water shortage. But "current Israeli water planning simply does not make allowance for the needs of the Palestinian territories." http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51629 8 comments worldnews
- Ahmed Ismail, 23, is leading a dance out of troubled times in Gaza. Breakdancing is his way to help the youth of Gaza begin dreaming and having fun again http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51471 9 comments worldnews
- At least eight U.S. states are considering proposals to start state-run banks in the wake of an economic crisis where many private banks ceased or greatly decreased their lending, literally shrinking the money pool available in state economies. http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51277 21 comments politics
- CIA Says Israel Was the Most Likely Source of Nigerian Yellow Cake Forgery Used to Boost Iraq War Claims http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49833 19 comments politics
- A 575-page blistering report by Justice Richard Goldstone detailing war crimes in Gaza last December is refusing to die despite an aggressive Israeli smear campaign to kill it. The report...received overwhelming support Thursday in the 192-member General Assembly. http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49161 299 comments worldnews
- We need to submit more Iran stories. 40 international aid agencies and NGOs have just released a joint statement slamming Israel's blockade of Gaza. Quick, there's one▼▼▼...vote it up!!! http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=47302 3 comments worldnews
- Iraq vet: "There's no way I'm going to deploy to Afghanistan. The wars are not going to be ended by politicians or people at the top." http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=46978 3 comments politics
- Declaration which equates communism to Nazism, debated in European Parliament, is sparking controversy http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=46407 5 comments europe
- Israel Rejected Hamas Ceasefire Offer in December http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45350 3 comments worldnews
- In recent months, the army has also closed down an orphanage, a bakery and other institutions in Hebron, which Israel believes are associated with Hamas. http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43188 4 comments worldnews
- 'Special Weapons' Have a Fallout on Babies - Babies born in Fallujah are showing illnesses and deformities on a scale never seen before http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42762 2 comments reddit.com
- Stonings - Sign of Taliban Resurgence http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42266 2 comments worldnews
- U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are planning to descend on Washington from Mar. 13-16 to testify about war crimes they committed or personally witnessed http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41398 3 comments politics