News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 161
Tax the Super-Rich. We have a World to Win
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI / BANGKOK, Feb 06 (IPS) - Why can’t there be education for every child? Why can’t there be healthcare for everyone who needs it? Why can’t everyone be freed from hunger and deprivation? Though these are promised to all as rights, people are repeatedly told that there is no money.
Gaza: UN health agency urges rapid scale-up of medevacs as thousands remain in critical condition
- UN News
More than 12,000 critically ill and injured patients, including at least 5,000 children, urgently need to be evacuated from Gaza, amid the crumbling health system, the UN World Health Organization (WHO)’s top official in the region said on Thursday.
Syria: Assad’s armed forces must face accountability, says rights probe
- UN News
Widespread pillaging and the destruction of property in Syria by all parties to the conflict have largely gone unpunished and likely amount to war crimes, top independent rights investigators reporting to the Human Rights Council maintained on Thursday.
Guterres appeals for mediation to end crisis in eastern DR Congo
- UN News
Now is the time to end the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN Secretary-General said on Thursday in a briefing to journalists in New York.
Gaza: 10,000 aid trucks reached enclave since ceasefire began
- UN News
The humanitarian community’s plan to flood Gaza with lifesaving aid passed an important milestone on Thursday with the news that more than 10,000 relief lorries have entered the enclave since the ceasefire began on 19 January.
Trump’s Confrontational Domestic and Foreign Policy Defy his “America First” Agenda
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Feb 05 (IPS) - In less than two weeks in office, Trump issued scores of reckless executive orders that ironically will gravely undermine rather than enhance his “America First” agenda and America’s global leadership.
DR Congo: UN mission offers protection to ‘vulnerable populations’, despite huge challenges
- UN News
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels continued to consolidate their hold over North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Wednesday, despite declaring a ceasefire two days earlier and pledging not to continue south, according to the UN’s Deputy Special Representative for Protection and Operations in the country.
Guterres calls for full Gaza ceasefire, rejecting ‘ethnic cleansing’
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the international community to continue pushing for a full ceasefire and the release of all hostages in Gaza, and “to avoid any form of ethnic cleansing” in the enclave, in a speech in New York on Wednesday.
Clock ticking on South Sudan’s transition, Security Council hears
- UN News
As South Sudan enters a so-called “extended transitional period” this month, the UN’s top envoy to the country has warned that the clock is ticking to accomplish the commitments under a key 2018 peace accord, ahead of a new deadline set for February 2027.
A Potential New Battle: UN vs US over Greenland and the Panama Canal
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 04 (IPS) - US President Donald Trump’s ominous threat to take over the Panama Canal and Greenland sets the stage for a new political battle with the United Nations.
But judging by UN’s track record of failures—including the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine—the world body may lose again while battling a veto-wielding superpower.
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