Global Issues

  CIVICUS discusses the recent protests in Iran with Sohrab Razaghi, executive director of Volunteer Activists, a Netherlands-based diaspora organisation empowering Iranian civil society. Read the full story, “IRAN: ‘Sustainable Change Will Depend on Domestic Organisational Capacity, Not External Force’”, on globalissues.org →

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, February 16 (IPS) - 2026 has begun on a deeply troubling note. International law, long regarded as the backbone of global peace and security, is being challenged in ever more brazen ways. Core principles of sovereignty and restraint are being flagrantly breached. Read the full story, “We Must Reject a World Governed by Raw Power”, on globalissues.org →

BANGKOK, Thailand, February 16 (IPS) - Trade in the Asia-Pacific region has moved into a new strategic reality. The latest Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Trends (APTIT) highlights that rapid technological change and a strategic reconfiguration of supply chains are reshaping how economies in the region trade and compete. Read the full story, “Regional Trade in Transition: Digitalization, Servicing and De-risking”, on globalissues.org →

GARISSA, Kenya , February 16 (IPS) - By 9 a.m. on a Wednesday, Hawa Hussein Farah is already watching the temperature climb. Awake since 6 a.m., she has prepared her three children for school before walking them to class and heading to Suuq Mugdi, an open-air market in Garissa town, to buy the fruit she will sell. Read the full story, “Extreme Heat Undermines Decent Work in North Eastern Kenya”, on globalissues.org →

The Tawila camp for internally displaced in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region is home to more than half a million people who live in makeshift huts of sticks, hay and plastic sheeting.Read the full story, “Sudan: Thousands cling to a fragile hope in makeshift tents”, on globalissues.org →

More than 60 years after the UN launched its formal decolonization drive, Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday urged renewed commitment to completing the unfinished business of ending colonial rule.Read the full story, “UN chief urges renewed push to complete decolonization as 17 territories remain”, on globalissues.org →

As Ukraine prepares to enter the fifth year of the full-scale Russian invasion on 24 February, UN monitors say harm to civilians has “demonstrably worsened”, while energy attacks and freezing temperatures are making it harder for displaced families to return.Read the full story, “As conditions worsen in Ukraine, refugees struggle to return”, on globalissues.org →

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned Israel’s decision to resume land registration procedures in a large part of the occupied West Bank, his Spokesman said on Monday. Read the full story, “Guterres deplores Israel’s move to resume land registration in the West Bank”, on globalissues.org →

Back-to-back cyclones in Madagascar have left more than 400,000 people in need of food assistance, according to estimates by the UN World Food Programme (WFP), while roads, power lines and homes have been severely damaged.Read the full story, “World News in Brief: Madagascar hunger crisis, Colombia aid appeal, Cuba fuel shortages”, on globalissues.org →

Rising food prices and declining farm incomes are putting increasing pressure on the global food system, with up to 720 million people facing hunger last year, and billions more struggling to afford healthy diets.Read the full story, “UN forum calls for overhaul of agrifood systems”, on globalissues.org →