UNITED NATIONS, Dic 14 (IPS) - The results of the United Nations climate change conference that closed in Doha, Qatar on Dec. 8 show once again that the international negotiations are moving steadily in the right direction, but alarmingly slow.

WASHINGTON, Dic 14 (IPS) - This week, the United States officially recognised the newly-formed National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces as the legitimate representatives of the Syrian people, culminating a two-year process of legitimising the Syrian opposition with the U.S. government.

KARACHI, Dic 14 (IPS) - When 26-year-old Muhammad Qasim, a rickshaw driver from Lahore's low-income Shahadra settlement, died last month, his family was shocked to learn that the cause of death was an overdose – of cough syrup.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dic 14 (IPS) - The cyclists riding in the bicycle lanes along the beachfront avenue of this Brazilian city pass the car drivers stuck in rush hour traffic.

CAIRO, Dic 14 (IPS) - Egypt is facing its worst political crisis since the January 2011 revolution ousted former dictator Hosni Mubarak, with analysts warning of a possible civil war. Furthermore, unlike during the revolution, opposition to the current regime is bitterly divided between Islamists and more secular Egyptians.

BANJUL, Dic 14 (IPS) - The court of justice for the West African economic community is expected to hear a civil society case calling for the abolition of the death penalty in the Gambia this December, four months after the execution of nine prisoners shocked the world.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Dic 14 (IPS) - With the exception of oil rich Trinidad and Tobago, most, if not all, other Caribbean islands are extremely vulnerable when it comes to the high costs of imported fuels that are easily disrupted by natural disasters and other phenomena.

WASHINGTON, Dic 14 (IPS) - Gathering for the first time here in Washington, representatives of the newly established human rights commission of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) stated Thursday that they plan to start their substantive work by the end of the month.

UNITED NATIONS, Dic 13 (IPS) - The United Nations will commemorate its annual International Migrants Day next week amidst reports of a rising tide of anti-migrant sentiments – primarily in Europe.

PHNOM PENH, Dic 13 (IPS) - For a brief moment last month, mainstream international media turned the spotlight on Cambodia, one of the world's 48 least developed countries (LDCs), as a high-level visit from U.S. President Barack Obama and the annual summit of the Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) gave this country of 14.3 million people a glamorous edge.