News headlines for “Foreign Policy — Projecting Power”, page 72

  1. World News in Brief: Gaza aid ‘unravelling’, funding cuts in Ukraine, concern over Syria aid access, Duterte in ICC custody

    - UN News

    Following 11 days of an Israeli aid blockade in Gaza, “crucial progress” made during the first six weeks of the ceasefire between Israeli forces and Hamas militants “continues to unravel”, said UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric on Wednesday.

  2. Afghanistan: Opium prices approach historic peaks, crime syndicates benefit

    - UN News

    Prices for opium in Afghanistan have increased tenfold since the de facto authorities imposed a drug ban in 2022 following their takeover in Kabul, latest UN data shows.

  3. Western Climate Hypocrisy Exposed by NATO Energy Policy

    - Inter Press Service

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Mar 11 (IPS) - NATO geopolitical strategy has now joined the ‘coalition’ of Western geoeconomic forces accelerating planetary heating, now led again by re-elected US President Donald Trump.

  4. World News in Brief: Syria families executed, Duterte arrested on ICC warrant, Sudan’s healthcare collapse

    - UN News

    Days of violence against Syria’s mainly ethnic Alawite communities have included the summary execution of entire families, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, confirmed on Tuesday.

  5. ‘Haiti’s survival is at stake,’ says UN expert, warning of worsening crisis

    - UN News

    Haiti is in freefall. Gangs are tightening their grip on the capital, violence is spreading, and “suffering permeates all social strata” in a nation teetering on the brink, according to the UN human rights office’s designated expert on the country, William O’Neill.

  6. In the face of ‘unprecedented pressure’, EU calls for primacy of international law and partnership

    - UN News

    The European Union remains committed to upholding international law and defending the United Nations Charter amid growing security threats, the bloc’s top diplomat told the Security Council on Tuesday.

  7. Bangladesh: Rohingya children’s acute hunger surges amid funding cuts

    - UN News

    In Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar refugee settlements, child malnutrition has surged and cuts to aid funding risk creating a humanitarian “catastrophe”, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday.

  8. First Vietnam, Then Afghanistan: Is Ukraine Next?

    - Inter Press Service

    Mar 10 (IPS) - The ongoing war in Ukraine has raised difficult questions for U.S. foreign policy. With U.S. and Russian leaders engaged in direct talks in Saudi Arabia over the future of the conflict, many are left wondering whether the Ukraine crisis could become another Afghanistan or Vietnam—two conflicts where the U.S. pursued peace talks with its adversaries while sidelining local governments, leading to catastrophic outcomes.

    Drawing lessons from these past negotiations and the eventual collapse of South Vietnam in 1975 and the Republic regime in Afghanistan in 2021, one cannot help but wonder whether Ukraine could face a similar fate unless the U.S. carefully navigates these talks with a more inclusive approach.

  9. Afghanistan: Top UN envoy calls for ‘a moment of realism’, as Taliban’s isolation grows

    - UN News

    The top UN envoy for Afghanistan on Monday underscored the need for realistic engagement with the country as humanitarian and human rights crises deepen amid growing international isolation.

  10. Syria: Children among the dead amid reports of mass killings and looting

    - UN News

    Children are feared to be among more than 1,000 people reportedly killed in fierce fighting over the weekend in Syria’s coastal northwest, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said.

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