Global Issues News Headlines for “Foreign Policy — Projecting Power” https://www.globalissues.org/news/topic/124 2024-03-28T06:46:34-07:00 Global Issues Inter Press Service UN News https://static.globalissues.org/i/globalissues.png https://static.globalissues.org/i/globalissues/logo-feed.jpghttps://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/27/36337IMF Urges Non-alignment in Second Cold War2024-03-27T06:26:44-07:00<p>ACCRA, Ghana, Mar 27 (IPS) - The IMF no. 2 recommends non-alignment as the best option for developing countries in the second Cold War as geopolitics threatens already dismal prospects for the world economy and wellbeing.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/27/36337">Read the full story, “IMF Urges Non-alignment in Second Cold War”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/27/36346World News in Brief: Civilian deaths in Ukraine, refugees in Cameroon at risk, older women facing abuse, cholera in Somalia2024-03-27T05:00:00-07:00<p><img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Collections/Embargoed/11-03-2024-UNICEF-Ukraine-02.jpg/image1170x530cropped.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p> <span>The UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine </span> <a href="https://ukraine.un.org/en/264455-children-must-be-protected"> <span>said on Wednesday </span> </a> <span>that she was “shocked and appalled by the horrifying reports” of civilians, including small children, being killed and injured by Russian strikes.</span> </p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/27/36346">Read the full story, “World News in Brief: Civilian deaths in Ukraine, refugees in Cameroon at risk, older women facing abuse, cholera in Somalia”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/27/36345First Person: ‘We had to avoid stepping on the bodies in the streets’ in Darfur2024-03-27T05:00:00-07:00<p><img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Collections/Embargoed/12-03-2024-WFP-Chad-02.jpg/image1440x560cropped.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p> <span>A former UN staff member who worked for a decade in Sudan’s Darfur region for the African Union-United Nations mission, UNAMID, has told </span> <em> <span>UN News</span> </em> <span> how she had to “avoid stepping on the bodies in the streets” as she fled for her life to neighbouring Chad.</span> </p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/27/36345">Read the full story, “First Person: ‘We had to avoid stepping on the bodies in the streets’ in Darfur”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/27/36344DR Congo mission chief says humanitarian disaster ‘unfolding before our very eyes’2024-03-27T05:00:00-07:00<p><img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/20-02-2024_UNICEF_DRC-01.jpg/image1170x530cropped.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p> <span class="TextRun SCXW140816334 BCX8 NormalTextRun" lang="EN-US">Insecurity in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has worsened since the end of recent elections, UN Special Representative Bintou Keita told the Security Council on Wednesday.</span> <span class="EOP SCXW140816334 BCX8"> </span> </p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/27/36344">Read the full story, “DR Congo mission chief says humanitarian disaster ‘unfolding before our very eyes’”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/27/36340Gaza war: ‘Direct hits’ on more than 200 schools since Israeli bombing began2024-03-27T05:00:00-07:00<p><img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Collections/Embargoed/25-03-2024_UNICEF_Gaza.jpg/image1170x530cropped.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>The intense Israeli bombardment of Gaza in response to Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel has included “direct hits” on 212 schools in the enclave, UN-partnered analysis indicated on Wednesday.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/27/36340">Read the full story, “Gaza war: ‘Direct hits’ on more than 200 schools since Israeli bombing began”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/26/36334UN report: Credible allegations Ukrainian POWs have been tortured by Russian forces2024-03-26T05:00:00-07:00<p><img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/21-11-2023-UNICEF-Ukraine-UNI450833.jpg/image1170x530cropped.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) issued a new report on Tuesday, revealing a surge in credible allegations of torture and executions of captured Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) at the hands of Russian forces.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/26/36334">Read the full story, “UN report: Credible allegations Ukrainian POWs have been tortured by Russian forces”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/26/36332ISIL growing stronger in Syria, as war enters its thirteenth year2024-03-26T05:00:00-07:00<p><img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Collections/Embargoed/11-03-2024-UNOCHA-Syria-02.jpg/image1440x560cropped.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p> <span lang="EN-GB">When a group linked to the ISIL terror organization claimed responsibility for the deadly attack on a Moscow concert hall on 22 March, one of the pretexts reportedly given for the killings was Russia’s engagement in the Syrian civil war, which has turned into a proxy war involving several foreign powers. </span> </p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/26/36332">Read the full story, “ISIL growing stronger in Syria, as war enters its thirteenth year”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/26/36331World News in Brief: Malnutrition crisis risk grows in Haiti, clashes in DR Congo, peacebuilding in Colombia2024-03-26T05:00:00-07:00<p><img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/26-03-2024_UNICEF_Haiti.jpg/image1170x530cropped.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p> <span>An alarming surge in armed violence in areas of Haiti is heightening the risk of a malnutrition crisis in the country, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) </span> <a href="https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/armed-violence-deepening-malnutrition-crisis-children-haiti"> <span>warned on</span> </a> <span> Tuesday.</span> </p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/26/36331">Read the full story, “World News in Brief: Malnutrition crisis risk grows in Haiti, clashes in DR Congo, peacebuilding in Colombia”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/26/36330UN envoy backs demand for immediate Gaza ceasefire amid ‘cataclysmic suffering’2024-03-26T05:00:00-07:00<p><img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/26-03-2024-UN_Photo-SECCO.jpg/image1170x530cropped.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process on Tuesday issued a fervent plea for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and release of all hostages, amid “cataclysmic” suffering in the Gaza Strip and continuing violence in the occupied West Bank.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/26/36330">Read the full story, “UN envoy backs demand for immediate Gaza ceasefire amid ‘cataclysmic suffering’”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/26/36327Gaza: ‘Double-digit’ number of children reported killed overnight2024-03-26T05:00:00-07:00<p><img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Collections/Embargoed/20-03-2024_WHO_Gaza.jpg/image1170x530cropped.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>Intense hostilities in Gaza continued on Tuesday between Hamas fighters and Israeli forces with a <strong>“double-digit number of children killed overnight”</strong> and ongoing aid delivery obstacles that are responsible for near-famine conditions, UN humanitarians said.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/26/36327">Read the full story, “Gaza: ‘Double-digit’ number of children reported killed overnight”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>