News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 3
‘Season of fear’: Escalating Israeli attacks on West Bank olive farmers, deadly strikes on Gaza
- UN News
Israeli attacks on war-torn Gaza over the weekend killed at least six Palestinians, including children, despite a year-old ceasefire agreement. Meanwhile, in the occupied West Bank, settler violence continued through the ongoing olive harvest, with UN independent experts on Monday urging Israel to protect Palestinian farmers.
Guterres honours Indonesian troops who paid ‘ultimate sacrifice’
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres paid tribute to Indonesian peacekeepers on Monday, laying a wreath in honour of four who recently lost their lives in Lebanon and offering a robust defence of UN peacekeeping in what he called “testing times for peace”.
Gaza: Funding cuts leave half a million without food assistance
- UN News
Funding shortages have forced the World Food Programme (WFP) to slash assistance to hungry families in the Gaza Strip by roughly one third – a move that will affect some 500,000 people as winter approaches, the UN agency announced on Monday.
Finding Silver Linings Amid Haze of Climatic Uncertainty
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, October 16 (IPS) - With the city enveloped in a cloak of haze, the urgency of tackling the climate crisis could hardly have been clearer as the four-day Global Tipping Points Conference 2026 drew to a close at Malaysia’s Sunway University on Thursday.
‘Prioritize Social Inclusion as Rapid Transformations Risk Leaving Millions Behind’
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, October 16 (IPS) - The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) new report, which addresses the rapid global transformations driven by artificial intelligence (AI), demographic shifts, climate change, and conflict, highlights the widening disparities in employment, social inclusion, and access to services.
If the UN COP17 Is Serious About Biodiversity, It Needs to Follow the Money
- Inter Press Service
MALMO, Sweden, October 16 (IPS) - On Monday, governments from across the world will gather in Armenia for COP17, the UN biodiversity summit, to assess progress on the global agreement to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. For anyone who cares about the livability of our planet for future generations, and the richness of life on earth, the stakes could hardly be higher. Policy makers will debate targets, implementation, and the lack of money to protect nature, in particular the failure of developed countries to fulfil their obligations. But there is a more basic question that should put at the center of those discussions: what happens when the financial system governments are counting on to fund nature protection is also financing its destruction?
Ukraine: Civilian casualty rates among ‘deadliest’ in years, as energy attacks intensify
- UN News
Civilian casualties in Ukraine remain at record levels, with intensified Russian attacks in September continuing a pattern of harm in 2026 far exceeding previous years, UN human rights monitors in Ukraine said on Friday.
Security Council LIVE: Sudan’s war spreads as drones and hunger take a deadly toll
- UN News
As drone strikes kill civilians from El Obeid to Blue Nile and famine risk spreads across Darfur and Kordofan, the Security Council meets on Sudan – the world’s largest hunger and displacement crisis. Ambassadors are expected to press yet again for a ceasefire, safe aid access and an end to the weapons flows fuelling the brutal conflict.
Gaza: 340 children killed despite ceasefire agreement - UNICEF
- UN News
A little over one year since a ceasefire agreement was announced between Hamas fighters and Israel, more than 340 children have been reported killed and hundreds more injured, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2026
- Inter Press Service
A safe home is more than a roof over our heads. It is the foundation of health, security, opportunity and human dignity. Yet for billions of people, that foundation remains out of reach.
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