Global Issues
News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 105
“Gun Control” at the Pentagon? Don’t Even Think About It
- Inter Press Service
SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Jun 01 (IPS) - New outcries for gun control have followed the horrible tragedies of mass shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo. “Evil came to that elementary school classroom in Texas, to that grocery store in New York, to far too many places where innocents have died,” President Biden declared over the weekend during a university commencement address.
Sanctions Now Weapons of Mass Starvation
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 (IPS) - US and allied economic sanctions against Russia for its illegal invasion of Ukraine have not achieved their declared objectives. Instead, they are worsening economic stagnation and inflation worldwide. Worse, they are exacerbating hunger, especially in Africa.
Saudi Arabia: Release Abdullah al-Howaiti, revoke death sentence
- UN News
UN-appointed independent human rights experts called on Tuesday for Saudi Arabia to immediately release Abdullah al-Howaiti and quash the death sentence against him for crimes he allegedly committed as a child.
Davos Fails on Financial Transparency - And Everything Else
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, May 31 (IPS) - At this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos which ended last week, the attention of the world’s financial and economic elite was captured by the war in Ukraine whose president Volodimir Zelensky used his address to call to “complete withdrawal of foreign businesses from the Russian market”, despite 380 of the largest multinational companies still operating in Russia.
Over a billion methamphetamine tabs seized in East and Southeast Asia
- UN News
More than one billion methamphetamine tablets were seized in East and Southeast Asia last year, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has warned.
How the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Impacts Africa
- Inter Press Service
LUANDA, Angola, May 31 (IPS) - While Africa is yet to fully recover from the socio-economic repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine conflict poses another major threat to the global economy with many African countries being directly affected.
Food Banks are Early Warning Systems for Emerging Food Crises, but also a Key Solution
- Inter Press Service
CHICAGO, USA, May 27 (IPS) - For months, the specter of a global hunger crisis has been looming. The war in Ukraine is a compounding factor, blocking key value chains for food and fertilizer just as the world reckons with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on global hunger.
‘Protracted political impasse’ further polarizing Libya
- UN News
Despite UN efforts, political, economic and security deadlock continues in Libya, the UN political affairs chief told the Security Council on Thursday, adding that human rights there have also deteriorated.
Without Peace, Hunger Will Continue to Increase
- Inter Press Service
ROME, May 25 (IPS) - This is an op-ed by Mario Lubetkin, Assistant Director-General at FAOIf the war in Ukraine, that was initiated three months ago, does not end, and without a reduction in the growing number of conflicts in other parts of the world, hunger will only continue to increase.
Ukraine Refugee Rape Survivors Struggle to Access Abortions in Conservative Poland
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, May 25 (IPS) - An ultraconservative group in Poland has begun checking with hospitals to find out if Ukrainian refugees are being offered terminations in line with the country’s strict abortion laws amid warnings refugee victims of rape are struggling to access local help and clinical services.
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