9+ hour, 58+ min ago   (1112+ words) Findings from a survey on obstetric violence show that an estimated 1.79-million women who gave birth in the past 10 years in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng were mistreated. We unpack the numbers to show what they really mean. An online training course…...

12+ hour, 18+ min ago   (1453+ words) From Penang to the UN's top peacebuilding job, Judy Cheng-Hopkins reflects on 32 years spent rebuilding fractured nations. October 2010 – Judy Cheng-Hopkins of Loh Boon Siew Road is the highest-ranking Malaysian in the United Nations. Her long career in development and humanitarian…...

12+ hour, 29+ min ago   (218+ words) The Health Ministry is preparing hospitals and health centres for possible water shortages as Fiji enters a dry spell. Assistant Minister for Health Penioni Ravunawa says health facilities cannot function without a reliable supply of water. He says the Ministry…...

8+ hour, 13+ min ago   (594+ words) Three years of research has uncovered 13,000 people who invested in Britain’s trafficking of enslaved Africans The Register of British Slave Traders is the product of three years of research by a team of historians into all known investors in Britain’s…...

12+ hour, 26+ min ago   (1046+ words) A 2026 UN survey of conditions in Gaza proves an earlier UN-backed famine declaration was incorrect. False. The 2026 survey was carried out nearly a year after the famine was declared and didn't contradict the earlier declaration. AAP FACTCHECK - A 2026 UNICEF survey…...

13+ hour, 3+ min ago   (583+ words) SINGAPORE, Sept 14 — Cambodia and Thailand will face off before international mediators in Singapore this week in a long-standing dispute over valuable maritime resources, the latest spat between the feuding neighbours. Phnom Penh initiated a UN-backed conciliation process at the Permanent…...

8+ hour, 21+ min ago   (168+ words) “The conduct with women shouldn’t be looked at through the glasses of western culture and tradition. Afghan values should be considered..You can wander around Afghanistan, in Kabul in the cities, see the way women work, do business or go…...

8+ hour, 22+ min ago   (251+ words) In Ghana, GHANBATT 92 returned after a year-long peacekeeping mission as part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Ghana’s Chief of Army Staff, Major General Lawrence Kwaku Gbetanu, declared the operation completed during a ceremony welcoming the military…...

1+ day, 19+ min ago   (449+ words) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has warned that rising geopolitical tensions, supply chain disruptions and climate crises are increasingly affecting people worldwide, and he called for strengthened co-operation and support across the Global South. Addressing the Brics summit of leading…...

14+ hour, 8+ min ago   (582+ words) United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for a major overhaul of global institutions, including the UN Security Council, arguing that the structures created after World War II must be reformed to reflect the world's changing economic and geopolitical realities....