In September 2024 heavy rainfall caused flooding and landslides in Nepal, villages like Roshi in Kavre district affected. Credit: Barsha Shah By Tanka DhakalBLOOMINGTON, USA, Jun 23 2025 – Asia is heading towards more extreme weather events with a possibility of heavy toll on the region’s economies, ecosystems, and societies, says the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The WMO’s...

Monitoring Iran and promoting the peaceful use of nuclear energy. The IAEA applies safeguards to verify states are honoring their international legal obligations to use nuclear material for peaceful purposes only. Credit: IAEA By David L. PhillipsLONDON, Jun 23 2025 – A deal between the US and Iran is possible if Iran’s bottom line — its right to nuclear enrichment — and Israel’s...

Credit United Nations By Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, Jun 23 2025 – When billionaire Elon Musk, a former short-lived advisor to President Donald Trump, was mandated with the task of decimating the federal bureaucracy and laying off thousands of staffers, he was famously pictured carrying a hacksaw to symbolize his cost-cutting agenda. Perhaps it is now the turn of the United Nations for slashing—the...

By CIVICUSJun 23 2025 –   CIVICUS discusses the closure of offices of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Mexico with members of Integral Human Rights In Action (DHIA), a Mexican civil society organisation (CSO) that promotes and defends human rights in contexts of mobility. In May, the UNHCR announced it would be closing four of its 12 offices in Mexico due to funding cuts following...

Farmer in Colombia. Credit: Both Nomads/Forus By Sarah Strack and Christelle KalhouleSEVILLE, Spain , Jun 23 2025 – Can the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) be a turning point? The stakes are high. The international financial system—so important to each and every one of us—feels out of reach and resistant to change, because it is deeply entrenched in...