The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report has highlighted major threats for 2025. These include state-based armed conflicts, misinformation, and environmental crises. The document notes rising geopolitical tensions and fragmentation make armed conflict the most immediate risk, as cited by nearly 25% of survey respondents. Disinformation ...
A UNICEF report reveals more than 473 million children lived in conflict-affected areas in 2023, with numbers likely rising in 2024. That’s one in six children globally, and double the percentage since the 1990s. The report warns of increasing threats to children’s lives, rights and well-being. Climate change has added to the burden, wit...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has announced that the 10 hottest years on record have all occurred within the past decade. “This is climate breakdown in real time,” Guterres said on X. “In 2025, countries must put the world on a safer path by dramatically slashing emissions & supporting th...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged nations to set rules for the use of artificial intelligence (AI), saying there is a need to minimize the tremendous threats to international peace and security posed by AI. He acknowledged that AI can accelerate progress on nearly 80% of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Blinken note...
ISTANBUL (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump has named Richard Grenell, a foreign policy adviser and former ambassador to Germany, as his envoy for “special missions.” Trump announced the appointment on his Truth Social platform. “Ric will work in some of the hottest spots around the world, including Venezuela and North Korea,̶...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Kremlin has said that US President-elect Donald Trump did not send Russian President Vladimir Putin an invitation to attend his inauguration in January. Speaking to journalists in the Russian capital Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said they have not received an invitation extended by Trump. Peskov’s remarks c...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says his country is in possession of “dozens” of nuclear warheads, according to state media. “I had nuclear warheads deployed here. More than a dozen of them. Many people dismiss it as a joke, saying that ‘nobody brought anything.’ We did,” Lukashenko said during a Q&A with em...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Kremlin on Monday confirmed that deposed head of the Syrian regime Bashar al-Assad and his family were given asylum by Russia. “Of course, such decisions cannot be made without the head of state. It is his (Russian President Vladimir Putin) decision,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in Moscow. Noting th...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has named former Senator David Perdue to serve as ambassador to China. Trump highlighted Perdue’s “valuable expertise to help build our relationship with China,” citing his decades-long business career as a key asset. “As a Fortune 500 CEO, ...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has collected more evidence and information in the past 18 months than it has in the 20 years since it was founded. ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan emphasized the court’s recent intense efforts during his address at the 23rd session of the Assembly of States Parties to the ICC’s Rome […...
