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News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 250
OP-ED: U.S. Blames Victims of its own Failed Foreign Policies
- Inter Press Service
MELBOURNE, Jun 30 (IPS) - The events unraveling in the Middle East have proved that the vaunted "Arab Spring" has turned into a searing summer of wildfires exploding unpredictably in diverse Islamic fronts without competent firemen to hose down the unmanageable conflagration.
U.S.: What Is the Greatest Threat of Them All?
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 28 (IPS) - This month's stunning campaign by Sunni insurgents led by the radical Islamic State of Syria and the Levant (ISIL) against the mainly Shi'a government of Iraqi President Nouri Al-Maliki is stoking a growing debate here about the hierarchy of threats facing the United States in the Middle East and beyond.
OP-ED: Surging Violence Against Women in Iraq
- Inter Press Service
SAN FRANCISCO, Jun 27 (IPS) - Shortly after their conquest of Mosul, young men armed with assault rifles went door to door in Iraq's second-largest city, taking "women who are not owned" for jihad al-nikah, or sex jihad.
Bolivia Charts Its Own Path on Coca
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 26 (IPS) - This week, the U.N. reported that coca cultivation in Bolivia fell nine percent last year, and a massive 26 percent in the past three years.
Tensions between CAR Refugees and Cameroonians Escalate over Depleting Resources
- Inter Press Service
GUIWA, Cameroon, Jun 24 (IPS) - Central African Republic refugees living in Cameroon's East Region are increasingly becoming frustrated about their deteriorating living conditions and their inability to support themselves as conflict between them and and local villagers has escalated over depleting resources.
Military Offensive Deepens Housing Crisis in Northern Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jun 23 (IPS) - Shaukat Ali, a shopkeeper originally hailing from Miramshah in the Northern Waziristan Agency of Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), looks exhausted as he sits outside a makeshift shelter with his family of 10.
Neo-Cons, Hawks Fail to Gain Traction on Iraq
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 21 (IPS) - Despite their ubiquity on television talk shows and newspaper op-ed pages, neo-conservatives and other hawks who propelled the U.S. into war in Iraq 11 years ago are falling short in their efforts to persuade the public and Congress that Washington needs to return.
Conflicts in Syria and Iraq Raising Fears of Contagion in Divided Lebanon
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Jun 20 (IPS) - With jihadists leading a Sunni uprising against Iraq's Shiite-dominated government, the conflicts in Syria and Iraq are beginning to reverberate across the region, raising fears of contagion in divided Lebanon where a suicide bombing took place on Friday after a period of calm.
South Sudan’s Wildlife Become Casualties Of War and Are Killed to Feed Soldiers and Rebels
- Inter Press Service
, Jun 17 (IPS) - While South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and his former deputy Riek Machar agreed last week to end the country's devastating six-month conflict by forming a transitional government within the next two months, it may come too late for this country's wildlife as conservation officials accuse fighters on both sides of engaging in killing wild animals to feed their forces.
Turkey’s Kurdish Problem Likely to Worsen After ISIS Gains in Iraq
- Inter Press Service
ANKARA, Jun 16 (IPS) - Eighteen months after a ceasefire between the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and Turkey's security forces took effect, clouds of trouble are gathering in the country's south-east.
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