Global Issues News Headlines for “Geopolitics”

UNAIDS Framework Pushes for the Protection and Integration of HIV Care

2026-08-21T05:25:34-07:00

UNITED NATIONS, August 21 (IPS) - As the global HIV response shifts toward sustainable, nationally led, and rights-based care, a new UNAIDS framework published this week argues that integration must start with a country’s readiness.

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New initiative launched to shield terrorism victims from online harm

2026-08-21T05:00:00-07:00

The UN has launched a new initiative to protect victims of terrorist attacks from online harm and re-traumatisation, drawing on harrowing survivor accounts, from the Nova Music Festival in Israel to an attack on a FIFA World Cup final viewing party in Uganda.

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Somalia: Humanitarian aid cuts leave millions of children vulnerable to hunger

2026-08-21T05:00:00-07:00

The global funding crisis for humanitarian work is taking a growing toll on the most vulnerable children in Somalia, where some aid programmes and facilities have been forced to shut down.

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World Humanitarian Day — Protect Aid Workers Against Drones

2026-08-20T11:03:44-07:00

UNITED NATIONS, August 20 (IPS) - World Humanitarian Day celebrates humanitarian workers and the life-saving services they provide under the most complex and often dangerous conditions.

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How the Taliban Hunt Women in Afghanistan

2026-08-20T10:24:38-07:00

ROME, August 20 (IPS) - FIVE years after the Taliban returned to power, Fawzia Koofi, the former Deputy Speaker of the Afghan Parliament, denounces what she describes as “gender apartheid.”

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As elections near, South Sudan risks new atrocity crimes, warns rights probe

2026-08-20T05:00:00-07:00

The under-reported humanitarian crisis in South Sudan risks deepening with the real possibility of further atrocity crimes unless renewed fighting stops, a UN-backed probe said on Thursday.

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UN Reiterates its 18-Year-Old Ban on Smoking

2026-08-19T09:12:44-07:00

UNITED NATIONS, August 19 (IPS) - When smoking was common in the corridors of the UN, in the delegate’s lounge and in committee rooms during the 1970s and 90s, the office of the Secretary-General sent a memo that read: “Smoking was Discouraged” in the UN building—sounding far short of a ban.

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GAZA: ‘There Are No Standards to Tell You What to Do in Conditions like Gaza’

2026-08-19T07:25:39-07:00

CIVICUS discusses the state of civic and humanitarian action in Gaza with Ibrahim Arandas, a Palestinian activist and project manager at SPARK Gaza, a civil society organisation that provides humanitarian and psychosocial support.

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Zambia: Arrests and detention of political opponents following election raises concern

2026-08-19T05:00:00-07:00

In the wake of President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia’s re-election for a second five-year term, UN human rights chief has raised concerns over the reported arrests and detention of political opponents in the country.

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International Criminal Court: New US sanctions ‘a flagrant attack’ against its independence

2026-08-19T05:00:00-07:00

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday responded to a new round of US sanctions targeting its president and a senior prosecutor, calling them “a flagrant attack” against the court.

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