News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 7
The Iranian Military Is the Only Institution Capable of Catalyzing the Downfall of the Regime
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, January 15 (IPS) - Unlike ever before, Iran’s Islamic regime is facing a revolt led by a generation that has lost its fear. Young and old, men and women, students and workers, are flooding the streets across the country.
What Next? United States Exits Key Entities, Vital Climate Treaties in Major Retreat from Global Cooperation
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, January 15 (IPS) - President Donald Trump has escalated efforts to further distance the United States from international organizations and entities focused on climate, the environment, and energy. This strategy is in step with his administration’s established approach to undermine and redirect funds and international cooperation away from climate and clean energy programs.
UN chief warns of a world in chaos as impunity and unpredictability spreads
- UN News
In his final annual address outlining his priorities, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the world is “brimming with conflict, impunity, inequality and unpredictability” – even as international cooperation is fraying at the moment it is most needed.
Security Council LIVE: UN raises alarm over deadly Iran protests and ‘possible military strikes’
- UN News
The UN Security Council is meeting in New York in emergency session on Iran, amid escalating concern over reports that hundreds have been killed during weeks of nationwide anti-government protests. The meeting was requested by the United States. Demonstrations that began in late December, fuelled by soaring inflation, rising food prices and the collapse of the national currency, triggered a deadly and widespread crackdown with thousands injured and detained, according to numerous firsthand accounts. The UN has called for independent investigations into all killings and warned against the possible use of the death penalty against protesters. Follow live coverage below, and UN News app users can go here.
Myanmar’s Rohingya people called ‘Muslim dogs’ before attacks, ICJ hears
- UN News
Hearings continued on Thursday at the UN’s top court into the Gambia’s claim that Myanmar committed genocide against the Rohingya people, with allegations that military officials incited violence by calling the ethnic minority “Muslim dogs” who should be made “extinct”.
Gaza: Physicians Call For Unimpeded Aid To Restore Reproductive Healthcare
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, January 14 (IPS) - Israel must lift all restrictions on medicine, food and aid coming into Gaza, rights groups have demanded, as two reports released today (Jan 14) document how maternal and reproductive healthcare have been all but destroyed in the country.
Richest 1% have Blown Through their Fair Share of Carbon Emissions for 2026 – in just 10 Days
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, January 13 (IPS) - The richest 1% have exhausted their annual carbon budget – the amount of CO2 that can be emitted while staying within 1.5 degrees of warming – only ten days into the year, according to new analysis from Oxfam. The richest 0.1% already used up their carbon limit on the 3rd January.
Is the US Moving Towards the UN’s Exit Door?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, January 13 (IPS) - Judging by the mass US withdrawal from 66 UN entities, including UN conventions and international treaties*, is it remotely possible that the unpredictable Trump administration may one day decide to pull out of the UN, and force the Secretariat out of New York– despite the 1947 UN-US headquarters agreement?
Iran: ‘The killing of peaceful demonstrators must stop,’ UN rights chief says
- UN News
As anti-government demonstrations continue across Iran, the UN human rights chief said on Tuesday that he was horrified at the mounting violence directed by security forces against protestors, with reports of hundreds killed and thousands arrested.
Gaza: A ceasefire that still kills children is not enough, says UNICEF
- UN News
Airstrikes, drone attacks and hypothermia continue in Gaza despite the ceasefire, with more than 100 youngsters killed since early October, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
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