In December 2013, Uruguay legalized the use and...
The First Country to Legalize Cannabis: Uruguay
read more
- Libya: eastern parliament approves disputed maritime deal with Türkiye
- The effects of lead poisoning and future global efforts
- Global “Multidimensional Poverty” Increases for the First Time in 15 Years
- Study links heat to maternal and newborn health risks
- Southeast Asia: Challenges in basic academic skills
- 40 years since the adoption of the Declaration on the Right to Development
- Cigarette butts account for 12% of waterway litter
- United Nations: Secretary-General Guterres’ 10 years
- Revelations on the history of the slave trade in Africa and the future
- Remittances from families to low- and middle-income countries have doubled in 10 years
- Dissatisfaction with the economy and society spreading among G20 countries
- The right to education taken away by climate change and conflict
- Electricitiy crisis in Gambia, protests ahead of presidential election
- Panama Canal to tighten ship traffic as El Niño intensifies
- The Pacific Forum has revealed vulnerabilities to external pressure and climate
- Worsening global soil degradation
- Surge in pirate activities off the coast of Somalia, impacted by U.S.-Iran War
- Colombia’s new president officially ends “total peace”
- Afghanistan: child malnutrition surges
- Rapid increase in forest fires in Indonesia
- New Zealand: Bill to block climate lawsuits against corporations passed
- Rising crisis facing humanitarian workers
- The world’s fastest spread of HIV intensifies in Fiji
- Youth employment further deteriorates
- Amazon deforestation declines as long-term forest loss continues
- Lebanon: Abolition of the death penalty
- Liechtenstein: The integrity of financial confidentiality shaken by cyber attacks
- Cambodia: Undercover report reveals China-linked wildlife trafficking networks
- Concerns about renewed conflict in northern Ethiopia
- Massive investment urgently needed for decarbonization in the East Asia-Pacific shipping sector
- Nicaragua: Democracy and citizens’ rights under siege
- Is the slowdown in Arctic sea ice reduction an illusion?
- Africa records largest number of hungry people as global hunger declines
- Liberia’s forests are disappearing: The expansion of cocoa cultivation and complex factors at play
- Zambian democracy undermined? Allegations regarding Canadian mining giant
- Major reduction in free school meals, Indonesia
- Burkina Faso records sharp decline in malaria cases and deaths
- New momentum towards peace in Cyprus?
- Debt repayments in low- and middle-income countries far exceed education spending
- Hunger deepens in northern Nigeria
- EU Supreme Court ruling: Publishing videos from Russian broadcasters is illegal
- Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger: Formal withdrawal from the ICC
- CPJ reaffirms journalist definition after Gaza database review dispute
- Why do acid attacks on women in Pakistan continue?
- The number of drug users reaches an all-time high
- Fears of mass atrocities grow in Sudan’s El Obeid
- Solving common challenges with “global public investment”
- Bosnia’s High Representative resigns: The fragile post-war order
- Sri Lanka, a new target for cyber crime organizations
- Gold-linked mercury pollution rising: Women particularly impacted
- Connection of the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline begins
- Opposition movement against Trump’s son-in-law’s resort development in Albania
- Anti-immigrant violence escalates in South Africa
- Invisible crisis of groundwater progressing on a global scale
- Protection of strike rights under UN treaties: Advisory opinion of the ICJ
- The crisis of peacekeeping operations
- World Urban Forum (WUF) ends with call to action on global housing crisis
- Anti-government protests in Bolivia, tensions rise
- Number of death penalty executions reaches record high
- Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon slows, but forest degradation continues
- OPCW admits concealing evidence in alleged chemical attack in Syria
- France-Africa summit held
- Oil companies profiting from war
- The marshes of Iraq are rejuvenating again
- “Indigenous health and land are indivisible” – UN forum
- World Press Freedom Day (2026)
- Mauritania’s immigration measures raise concerns of abuse
- World food crisis report warns of serious food insecurity and malnutrition
- Uganda facing crisis of glacier disappearance
- Rohingya refugee deaths crossing the sea reached record high in 2025
- Democracy defence summit held in Spain
- Possible increased antibiotic resistance in infectious diseases due to drought
- Bilderberg Conference: The secretive international network
- Chagos Islands: Agreement on return from the UK to Mauritius “paused”
- Nigeria records the highest fuel price increase in Africa
- Measles surge in Bangladesh reflects global resurgence
- Mozambique fully repays debt to the IMF
- Brazil’s electronic payment system gains popularity, conflicts with the US government
- Largest national census in the world to be conducted in India for first time in 16 years
- Increasing smoke damage and fire hotspots in Southeast Asia
- The organ trafficking industry in Pakistan
- Argentina: Large-scale demonstrations against past dictatorial regime
- Tensions rise between Eritrea and Ethiopia
- Costa Rica: Expansion of illegal gold mining
- Slowing improvement in mortality rates for children under 5
- 20% of aquaculture and fishery products are misrepresented, calls for strengthened surveillance
- 88% of SDGs in the Asia-Pacific region expected to remain unachieved
- 1 in 4 adults worldwide may lose their land
- Is the goal to halve pesticide risks by 2030 impossible to achieve?
- Explosion weapon injury fatality rate found to be 40%
- The escalating drug crisis in Balochistan, Pakistan
- Cocoa surplus is becoming problematic with decline in market prices
- The population infected with trachoma reaches a record low
- Sudan: “characteristics of genocide” reported
- Achievements and challenges of PFAS regulation
- Surge in the use of child soldiers: Colombia
- Violence against civilians increases in Nigeria
- Mongolian glaciers decreasing at fastest rate in history
- Global average of corruption perception index reaches lowest point in 10 years
- Haitian provisional President Council delegates authority to interim prime minister
Cambodia: A Hotbed of Illicit Trade
There are 230 licensed casinos in Southeast...
Five Misleading Words in International Reporting (Part 1)
The amount of information news organizations can...
Is the government upholding the rule of law?
On February 4, 2019, a law was passed in Poland...
Oman: Will the Beacon of Peace Keep Shining?
On 2020/1/11, state media reported that Sultan...
The Chagos Archipelago: A Territorial Dispute Without the Parties Involved
A major issue has emerged on the international...
Global Inequality: Current State and Background
In 2019, worsening economic conditions and...
How Does Media Coverage Differ from the Reality for Children Worldwide?
November 20, 2019 marked the 30th anniversary of...
Abortion in Ecuador: Will Women’s Voices Be Heard?
In September 2019, protests broke out in front...
The Death Penalty Around the World
In June 2019, for the first time in 43 years,...
From the Golden Triangle: Methamphetamine on the Rise
In 2018, the production of 100 new types of...
Mexico’s Avocado Problem: An Industry Fighting Back Against Drug Cartels
March 2019, U.S. President Donald Trump...
Why Do People Avoid Eating Meat?
There are people around the world who, as a...
Haiti in Turmoil: An Overview
One day in February 2019, a private plane...
The Sharp Decline in Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): What’s Behind It?
Have you heard the term FGM (Female Genital...
Iran: Social Media Boosts Women’s Status
In March 2019, the human rights lawyer Nasrin...
Media Coverage of Racial Discrimination: What Lies Behind the Gap Between Global Reality and Perception
In recent years, racism in Europe and the United...
A ‘Humanitarian Earthquake’: Venezuela’s Refugee and Migrant Crisis
"To buy a single hot dog, I have to pay a...
Top 10 Under-the-Radar World News Stories of 2018
Only a few days remain in 2018. At year’s end,...
Suriname: Economic Crisis and a Bright Future…?
November 25, 2010. On Independence Square in...
Reporting on Saudi Arabia Without Japan
On October 2, 2018, journalist Jamal Khashoggi...
The Perilous Sahara Crossing: Africa’s Refugee Crisis
The news of the massive influx of refugees and...
All Harm, No Benefit: The Global Tobacco Problem
There are approximately 1.1 billion smokers...
Champion of Justice: When Employees Take a Stand
U.S. tech giant Google bowed to pressure. It was...
Is Colombia’s peace at risk?
Colombia had begun to open a path toward peace...
Can a People-Pleaser Survive?: Belarus’s Long-Running Dictatorship
Clapping is an act of defiance against the...
LGBT: Biases in International Media Coverage and the Current Situation
In June 2015, same-sex marriage was legalized...
Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis: Against the Backdrop of an Underreported War
Do you know which country today is facing the...
An Oppressed Indigenous People: The Mapuche of South America
Have you ever thought about how people feel when...
Violence and Poverty Grip Central America’s Northern Triangle
Situations in which people are forced to suffer...