Around 300 Shompen people live in the lush rainforests of the island’s interior, the majority of whom are uncontacted. Great ...

The Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health launched a new report in April 2025 on "achieving gender justice for global ...

In 2026, projections indicate that 100,000 children in the DRC could miss out on lifesaving measles vaccinations, nearly two ...

The New Zealand Collective of Abused in State Care Charitable Trust (NZCAST) continues to lead the way in cross-agency ...

Kiwis caught flat-footed this weekend by patronising rules around alcohol should make a submission on legislation currently ...

In terms of regional developments, UNCTAD expects a sharp deceleration of the United States economy to 1 per cent growth in ...

It reveals that more than half the Haitian population, a record 5.7 million people, are projected to experience acute food insecurity through June. Of this number, just over two million are projected ...

While the 90-day pause on the so-called reciprocal tariffs applies to imports from most countries and brings down rates to a still hefty 10 per cent, tariffs on imports from China currently stand at ...

Hunger has reached catastrophic levels in Sudan, with famine confirmed in 10 areas and 17 more at risk, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP). In some areas, emergency food assistance is the ...

The estimates are from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, which on Friday called for increased funding to support Syrian returnees as needs intensify at a time when aid budgets globally are being slashed.

And amid spiralling violence and the massacre of civilians linked to advancing opposition forces in the Darfurs at the weekend, the UN chief called for an end to outside interference in Sudan that ...

“Since January, Tanganyika has received around 50,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) fleeing violence in South Kivu. Many had been sheltering in local homes, churches and schools – now damaged or ...