📰 "Peace studies still speak of #peace through peaceful means, invoking the #UN Charter. It sounds moving and beautiful only if the UN were not complicit in silencing crimes (..) But an old Macedonian saying goes: there is no point waking someone who pretends to be asleep (..)"
By Biljana Vankovska for Savage Minds
A Macedonian intellectual argues that street protests and UN appeals cannot stop imperial war machinery. Drawing on Yugoslav partisan history, Palestinian resistance, and Vietnam, he calls for sabotage, conscientious objection, and radical action — now.
World News in Brief: South Sudan rights, opioid guidelines update, DR Congo crisis continues
South Sudan is evolving into a catastrophic human rights and humanitarian crisis, UN Human Rights Council-appointed independent experts warned on Thursday.
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https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/04/1167248
Guterres warns of ‘wider war’ as Middle East conflict enters second month
The Middle East crisis has lurched into its second month, prompting UN Secretary-General António Guterres to issue a stark warning on Thursday morning that the world is “on the edge of a wider war” with catastrophic global implications.
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https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/04/1167244
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Strait of #Hormuz disruptions: Growth and financial implications
https://unctad.org/publication/strait-hormuz-disruptions-growth-and-financial-implications
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on the parties to the conflict in the Middle East to immediately cease hostilities, warning of the risk of the war expanding across the entire Middle East with serious global consequences. — Ukrinform.
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