News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 118
Stagflation Threat: Be Pragmatic, Not Dogmatic
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 22 (IPS) - “If your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail”. Still haunted by the clever preaching of monetarist guru Milton Friedman’s ghost, all too many monetary authorities address every inflationary threat or sign they see by raising interest rates.
South Sudan: ‘hellish existence’ for women and girls, new UN report reveals
- UN News
Widespread sexual violence against women and girls in conflict is being fueled by systemic impunity, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan said on Monday.
Brutal War on Yemen: Dire Hunger Crisis Teetering on the Edge of Catastrophe
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Mar 18 (IPS) - Yemen’s already dire hunger crisis is teetering on the edge of outright catastrophe, with 17.4 million people now in need of food assistance and a growing portion of the population coping with emergency levels of hunger, three UN agencies warned on 14 March 2022.
Education Cannot Wait Secures Future of Children in CAR Conflict Zones
- Inter Press Service
Bangui, Central African Republic, Mar 17 (IPS) - Nine-year-old Marguerite Doumkel sits among other children in a classroom in Paoua, a sub-prefecture of Ouham Pende, in the Central African Republic (CAR).
Why We Must Remember Afghanistan
- Inter Press Service
KABUL, Mar 17 (IPS) - While all eyes are on Ukraine, Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis has been forgotten. But only with international aid can Afghans build a future.
International Court orders Russia to ‘immediately suspend’ military operations in Ukraine
- UN News
Russia must immediately suspend military operations in Ukraine, the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on Wednesday, in The Hague.
War on Ukraine also an Assault on World's Most Vulnerable People & Countries
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 15 (IPS) - Ukraine is on fire. The country is being decimated before the eyes of the world. The impact on civilians is reaching terrifying proportions.
Countless innocent people – including women and children – have been killed. After being hit by Russian forces, roads, airports and schools lie in ruins.
Refugees Recount Harrowing Escape from Besieged Ukraine
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Mar 15 (IPS) - “I never, ever, believed that anything like this could happen,” says Valia*. “Not for a second.”
UN rights chief decries mass execution of 81 people in Saudi Arabia
- UN News
The UN human rights chief has condemned the beheading of 81 people by Saudi Arabia during the course of a single day, charged with terrorism-related offences.
US Remains Ukraine's Largest Military Aid Benefactor
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Mar 11 (IPS) - Conventional arms have been a central, and at times controversial, component of the U.S.-Ukraine relationship since 2014. Indeed, former President Trump’s impeachment proceedings originated with an alleged quid-pro-quo related suspension of military aid to Ukraine.
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