News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 111
Israeli Airstrikes Inflame Syria’s Humanitarian Crisis
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, July 18 (IPS) - Over the past week, the humanitarian situation in Syria has significantly deteriorated, with tensions between the Druze religious minority and the Syrian military reaching new peaks. On July 16, Israel launched a series of powerful airstrikes on Syria’s capital city, Damascus, in defense of Syria’s Druze population, further spurring regional instability and exacerbating the dire scale of needs.
Intersectional Feminist Leadership Needed to Realise Global Goals
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, July 18 (IPS) - In its 80-year history the UN has never once been led by a woman. As the international community convenes for the 2025 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) to review progress on gender equality and other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this remains a fundamental hypocrisy at the heart of global governance. How can an institution that has systematically excluded women from its highest office credibly champion gender justice worldwide?
From Gaza to Georgia, Human Rights Defenders Pay a High Price for Change. Here’s How You Can Help
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Zimbabwe / TOURS, France, July 18 (IPS) - Across the globe—from Gaza’s rubble to the streets of Tbilisi—people are standing up for justice, dignity, and basic rights. But far too often, they are paying with their freedom, their safety, even their lives.
A Fractured World Needs Peace, not more Conflicts, for Human Progress
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, July 18 (IPS) - Who in Asia would ask for an Asian NATO? Past attempts to develop Asian security compacts under US leadership have not been glittering successes. The two treaty organisations that the US set up in the 50s to counter the Communist tide, the CENTO and the SEATO, have long dissipated.
World News in Brief: Violence in Haiti, rising insecurity in DR Congo, expert panel on nuclear war
- UN News
The UN humanitarian affairs office OCHA is stressing the need to scale up support for displaced families in Haiti amid ongoing insecurity and violence.
Humanitarians report more deaths, displacement and desperation in Gaza
- UN News
The continued onslaught and mass deprivation of people in the Gaza Strip is becoming normalised, the UN aid coordination office OCHA warned on Friday.
UN envoy urges Colombia to ‘stay the course’ as peace faces new strains
- UN News
Colombia has changed profoundly since the 2016 peace deal, but uneven state presence, lingering armed groups and mounting political tensions threaten to erode confidence unless implementation accelerates, the top UN envoy for the country said on Friday.
On the road in war-torn Gaza
- UN News
Mohammed Saad sits with others inside a homemade cart pulled by a car carrying several passengers, waiting to travel to Gaza City in one of the “uncomfortable and extremely expensive” means of transportation used to get around the Strip.
Aid cuts leave refugee agency unable to shelter six in 10 fleeing war in Sudan
- UN News
Major cuts to aid budgets have already left people fleeing wars in Sudan and beyond without the assistance and protection they need, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
Syria crisis: Hundreds killed in ongoing violence, hospitals overwhelmed
- UN News
Amid violent clashes in southern Syria’s Sweida governorate, a picture of grave human rights abuses and rising humanitarian needs is emerging by the hour, the UN said on Friday.
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