News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 94
Gaza: Health system crumbles amid growing desperation over food, fuel
- UN News
The first delivery earlier this week of urgently needed medical goods to enter Gaza in months will provide scant relief to the enclave’s people, who continue to be shot and killed in their search for food, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
A Growing Gap between Principle and Implementation: 20 Years of Responsibility to Protect
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 26 2025 (IPS) - United Nations member states this week reiterated their commitment to the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity—at a time when world powers are failing to meet these obligations.
Lawmakers in Maldives Pledge to Support Women Leaders
- Inter Press Service
MALÉ & JOHANNESBURG, Jun 26 (IPS) - A meeting of parliamentarians in Malé, the Maldives, pledged to provide an enabling environment for emerging women leaders by supporting them and promoting a political culture rooted in mutual respect, inclusivity, and equal opportunity.
Iran— Deja Vu All Over Again
- Inter Press Service
ATLANTA, USA, Jun 26 (IPS) - Chest thumping “Mission Accomplished” claims by President Trump that he ordered the world’s biggest conventional bombs to be dropped on a sleeping nation of 90 million people, were premature. To top it off he bragged that Iran’s nuclear capacity was devastated and that the whole nation fired “not a single shot” back.
Upcoming elections ‘crucial opportunity’ for Central African Republic, UN top official tells Security Council
- UN News
As the Central African Republic (CAR) prepares for upcoming elections, the country continues to grapple with a fragile security and humanitarian context, the UN Security Council heard on Thursday.
Ukraine: Increasing hostilities displace civilians, limit humanitarian access
- UN News
Deadly hostilities continued along the front-line regions of Ukraine on Wednesday, displacing civilians and damaging civilian infrastructure, the UN has reported.
DR Congo: Conflict survivors ‘have been through hell,’ says UN aid chief
- UN News
The conflict-impacted people of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) urgently need much more international assistance than they are getting today, the UN’s top aid official said on Thursday.
Eighty years on, UN Charter marked by reflection, resolve – and a run
- UN News
It wasn’t an average Thursday morning in Manhattan. In the early hours, UN diplomats (and UN News) hit the streets in their sneakers – from Times Square to East River – following a route that traced the shape of “UN@80”.
UN calls for restraint after deadly Kenya protests
- UN News
The UN is monitoring the situation in Kenya in the wake of deadly antigovernment protests on Wednesday.
Despite the fall of Assad, the illicit drug trade in Syria is far from over
- UN News
When Bashar Al-Assad ruled Syria, his regime was widely accused of profiting from the production and trafficking of Captagon, an illicit synthetic drug that is most commonly abused by users in the Middle East.
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