News headlines for “Foreign Policy — Projecting Power”, page 72
Helpless in the face of hunger: Gaza families pray for deliverance – or death
- UN News
“I stood helpless in the face of my son's hunger. I cried a lot and told him to drink from our little water to satisfy his hunger,” said Zeenat, a young Palestinian woman speaking to UN News from the battered Gaza Strip.
As AI evolves, pressure mounts to regulate ‘killer robots’
- UN News
A world in which algorithms determine the fate of soldiers and civilians alike is no longer hypothetical. AI-driven drones are reshaping warfare, raising deep ethical questions about autonomy in combat. As international policymakers scramble to set ground rules, the race is on to rein in this rapidly evolving technology.
World News in Brief: Education suffers amid DR Congo violence, WHO greenlights RSV vaccines, more hurricanes ahead for Haiti
- UN News
In Ituri, a province in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), intensifying conflict, intercommunal violence and mass displacement are forcing hundreds of thousands of children out of school.
Gaza is the ‘hungriest place on earth’, as Israel continues stranglehold on aid
- UN News
Starving Gazans continue to be deprived of aid as international relief efforts are being severely constrained by the Israeli authorities, the UN humanitarian affairs coordination office OCHA said on Friday.
Ukraine: Hopes for peace on life support, Security Council hears
- UN News
A glimmer of hope for peace in Ukraine has been overshadowed by a devastating new wave of Russian attacks, UN officials told the Security Council on Thursday, warning of soaring civilian casualties and a worsening humanitarian crisis that could derail a diplomatic end to the war.
Desperate hunger drives crowd to storm UN food warehouse in Gaza
- UN News
Desperate hunger drove crowds of people to overrun a World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse in central Gaza on Wednesday, reportedly leaving two dead and several injured in a chaotic scramble for food.
UN honours service and sacrifice of its peacekeepers
- UN News
The United Nations is honouring staff serving at its field missions through several events to mark the International Day of UN Peacekeepers on Thursday.
‘We are women like you’: UN honours peacekeepers for work in gender empowerment
- UN News
In early summer 2024, Squadron Leader Sharon Mwinsote Syme of Ghana ventured into sector North of Abyei, a disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan where she was deployed as a military gender advocate with the UN Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNISFA).
‘My husband died in my arms’: Russian drone attacks on Ukrainians amount to crimes against humanity, UN investigators report
- UN News
Russian drone attacks against civilians in the Kherson region of Ukraine constitute crimes against humanity and war crimes, independent UN-appointed human rights investigators concluded in a new report published on Wednesday.
Gaza: Top UN envoy calls on Israel to end devastating strikes, starvation of civilians
- UN News
Gaza’s population is being “starved and denied the very basics,” while the region stands at a dangerous crossroads, the UN’s Middle East peace envoy warned the Security Council Wednesday, urging immediate action to halt the violence, restore aid, and advance a two-State solution before time runs out.
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