From Venezuela to Chile, May Day protests across Latin America exposed economic hardship, labor precarity, gender inequality, and growing public frustration with governments failing to protect workers ...

Freak tropical-like storms are highly sensitive to climate change and as a result, could be coming soon to the Mediterranean.

Global Voices Spotlight did not begin as a fixed format. It began as a question: How can we slow down in a media environment that constantly demands speed?

William Billings has been largely forgotten, except among music historians. But he was the country’s first notable composer, penning protest songs against Great Britain.

The ongoing siege of Bamako is having unacceptable consequences for civilians’ freedom of movement and may lead to serious violations of their rights to food security, health and life, Amnesty ...

The Secretary-General is alarmed that a clearly marked United Nations vehicle was struck twice in Kherson city in Ukraine on 14 May, his spokesperson said in a statement.

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker has proposed a $1 fee on all Uber, Lyft and other rideshare trips in the city to help fund public schools.

Afghanistan’s deepening malnutrition crisis is pushing mothers and children to the brink, the UN World Food Programme has warned, as mass returns from neighbouring countries and severe funding ...

The leading parties that have dominated British politics for decades are badly wounded, and nationalism is also rising in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Commenting on Amnesty International’s designation of Ivan Safronov – a former journalist from Russia sentenced to 22 years’ imprisonment on “high treason” charges – as a prisoner of conscience, Marie ...

For the city’s 360,000 residents, the financial effects of climate change will probably arrive before the water itself. Long before streets become ...

To stop the spread of infectious diseases, governments need information and other resources that countries around the globe share through international organizations.