Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 50
Sudan: UN ‘deeply alarmed’ by major attack on besieged El Fasher
- UN News
The UN has expressed deep alarm over a large-scale assault by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia on El Fasher, the government-held capital of Sudan’s North Darfur State, and the nearby Abu Shouk displacement camp, which has been under siege since April 2024.
Yemen: ‘Regional turmoil continues to erode prospects for peace,’ Security Council hears
- UN News
UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg, briefing the Security Council on Tuesday, voiced concern over the latest clashes between Government forces and Houthi rebel militia.
Gaza: UNESCO condemns ‘unacceptable’ killing of journalists
- UN News
The UN organization which champions culture and education, UNESCO, has strongly condemned the targeted killing of six journalists in Palestine by an Israeli drone on 10 August.
First Person: Echoes of war as aid arrives in Syria’s historical city
- UN News
The transformation over two decades of the once thriving Syrian city of Sweida from tourist destination to a landscape marked by violence and loss has been detailed by the chief of a UN migration mission who recently visited the area.
Gaza health system ‘catastrophic’ as hospitals overwhelmed and medicines running out, WHO warns
- UN News
Public health conditions in Gaza are “catastrophic”, with hospitals operating far beyond capacity. Some life-saving medicines are totally out of stock, while deaths from malnutrition and disease are on the rise, the UN health agency warned on Tuesday.
UN80: From “Less-with-Less” to “More-with-Less”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, August 11 (IPS) - With the ink hardly dry on the Pact for the Future outcome for modernizing global governance from last September’s Summit of the Future, the United Nations’ long-standing financial crisis has morphed into an extreme liquidity crisis.
World News in Brief: Sudan’s agony continues, Colombian presidential candidate dies, the world celebrates the steelpan
- UN News
Across war-torn Sudan, civilians continue to face ongoing attacks, starvation and cholera outbreaks.
Safe seas key to global prosperity, Security Council told
- UN News
Shipping is crucial to the global economy, with more than 100,000 vessels a day transporting some 80 per cent of world commerce, but it remains vulnerable to disruptions caused by geopolitical tensions and transnational crime.
Security Council voices deep concern over deadly escalation in Syria’s Sweida region
- UN News
The UN Security Council has expressed alarm at the sharp escalation of violence in Syria’s Sweida region since mid-July, condemning attacks against civilians and calling for urgent protection and humanitarian access.
‘There is no military solution’ to end Israel-Palestine conflict, Security Council hears, as starvation stalks the Gaza Strip
- UN News
It’s essential to work towards a two-State solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict as the international community addresses the reality of starvation on the ground in Gaza, the Security Council heard on Sunday.
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