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US Military Strategy Document Misleads. Deliberately?
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, April 28 (IPS) - The January 2026 US National Defense Strategy (NDS) departs significantly from those preceding it, including from Trump’s first term. Is it deliberately misleading? Or is actual policy, including war, being driven by other considerations?
From Hormuz to Lebanon, crisis reverberates through trade routes, upending humanitarian networks
- UN News
Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz continue to send shockwaves through global food systems, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization has warned, as a widening crisis across the Middle East continues to strain humanitarian operations and deepen instability.
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Gaza in focus
- UN News
The Security Council turns again to the Middle East crisis in New York on Tuesday, with scheduled debate expected to focus on the fragile Gaza ceasefire, a worsening humanitarian crisis there and efforts to advance a US-backed peace plan. UN Assistant Secretary-General for political affairs Khaled Khiari is set to brief, alongside former UK Prime Minister and member of the US-led Board of Peace Tony Blair. You can follow all the UN's meetings coverage here but follow live and in-depth updates below.
Darfur: Two decades on, a new generation of children faces 'horrific violence'
- UN News
Twenty years after the conflict in Darfur first sparked global outrage, children in the region are once again trapped in a catastrophic cycle of violence, hunger, and displacement – but this time, the world is failing to take notice.
World News in Brief: Sudan drone attacks condemned, South Sudan violence, airstrikes in Ukraine, South Africa Freedom Day
- UN News
The United Nations has condemned two recent drone attacks in Sudan, one of which left seven dead, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Monday during his regular media briefing in New York.
As warheads proliferate, decades old nuclear weapons treaty must evolve, warns UN chief
- UN News
With top diplomats gathered at UN Headquarters to review the 1970 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the UN Secretary-General warned that it must evolve to survive the age of AI and other new technologies.
Central Sahel: Millions of children in humanitarian need, UNICEF official warns
- UN News
Nearly 7.5 million children across the Central Sahel region in Africa are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance – “an emergency that remains too far from the attention of the international community,” a senior official with the UN child rights agency UNICEF has said.
MIDDLE EAST LIVE 27 April: Fighting continues in Lebanon; Security Council to debate maritime security
- UN News
The recently extended ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon remains under strain as violence continues, with civilian deaths and injuries reported in Israeli strikes over the weekend. Meanwhile, the UN Security Council is set to hold a high-level debate on maritime security amid ongoing concerns over the safety of key global waterways, follow in-depth meeting coverage here. Stay with us for live updates.
Chokepoints and conflict: How the Hormuz crisis is exposing global shipping vulnerabilities
- UN News
The blockading of ships in the Strait of Hormuz as a result of the conflict between the United States and Iran has demonstrated how ships and seafarers have become “leverage in geopolitical disputes,” according to the head of the UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO).
Mali: Guterres calls for international solutions to curb spread of violent extremism in the Sahel
- UN News
There are reports of continuing clashes in Mali on Sunday, a day after a series of coordinated attacks across the landlocked African nation against Government forces by extremists and northern separatist rebels.
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