News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 143
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.
War in Ukraine Poised to Threaten Global Food Security
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Mar 10 (IPS) - The war in Ukraine is a catastrophe for that country and for the world. In any crisis it is the most vulnerable that will be most affected, and this time it is no different.
Break the link between illicit drugs and social media: UN-backed report
- UN News
The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), an independent, UN-backed body, is calling on governments to do more to regulate social media platforms that glamourize drug-related negative behaviour and boost sales of controlled substances.
‘Brutal’ Discrimination Adds Trauma to Roma as they Flee War-torn Ukraine
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Mar 09 (IPS) - Roma refugees fleeing war-torn Ukraine are facing discrimination on both sides of the country’s borders at the end of often harrowing journeys across the country, rights groups have claimed.
A Rude Awakening for America and its Allies
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Mar 09 (IPS) - Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was certainly not a surprise and has unambiguously exposed the West’s weakness. The question is what lesson the United States and its allies should learn from it and what measures they must now undertake to prevent Putin or any future ruthless Russian autocrat from ever daring to invade another country.
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