Global Issues
News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 257
U.S.-Russia Sabre Rattling May Undermine Nuke Meeting
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 22 (IPS) - The growing tension between the United States and Russia over Ukraine has threatened to unravel one of the primary peace initiatives of the United Nations: nuclear disarmament.
Nigeria - From Sticks and Machetes to Rocket-propelled Grenades
- Inter Press Service
LAGOS, Nigeria, Apr 22 (IPS) - Nigerians are beginning to adjust to the sad reality that they live in a country where suicide bombers and terrorists could be lurking around the next corner thanks to a ready supply of advanced weapons smuggled through the country's porous borders.
Imprisoning Themselves to Stay Safe
- Inter Press Service
TUZ KHORMATO, Iraq, Apr 22 (IPS) - "I don't dare tell you who the murderers are but their target is just us, Turkmens," says Ahmed Abdulla Muhtaroglu, sitting by the portrait of his brother killed last year.
Obama Seeks to Reassure Anxious Asians on “Rebalance”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 22 (IPS) - As he embarks Tuesday on a major trip through East Asia, U.S. President Barack Obama will be focused on reassuring anxious – albeit sometimes annoying – allies that Washington remains determined to deepen its commitment to the region.
South Sudan Dictates Media Coverage of Conflict
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, Apr 18 (IPS) - As rebel forces loyal to South Sudan's former vice president Riek Machar declared on Tuesday Apr. 15 that they had captured the key oil town of Bentiu, the government has been accused of clamping down on local media in an attempt to influence the reporting on the conflict.
COLUMN: Gabriel García Márquez, the Story-Teller of the Country of the War Without End
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Apr 18 (IPS) - The first time I read Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014) was when I was proofreading the galleys of "The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor", which the Editorial Sudamericana was getting ready to reprint in Argentina.
Afghanistan Turns a Political Corner
- Inter Press Service
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Apr 17 (IPS) - The Afghanistan presidential election is turning out to be a tale of two narratives. But the more positive and democratic one could be winning the day.
Russian Law Corners Drug Users
- Inter Press Service
KIEV, Apr 16 (IPS) - As local authorities prepare to put an end to opioid substitution treatment (OST) programmes in the newly annexed Crimean peninsula, drug users there say they are being forced to choose between a return to addiction and becoming refugees.
Court Upholds Most of U.S. “Conflict Minerals” Law
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 15 (IPS) - The United States' second-highest court has upheld most of a landmark U.S. law requiring companies to ascertain and publicly disclose whether proceeds from minerals used to manufacture their products may be funding conflict in central Africa.
Conflict Fuels Child Labour in India
- Inter Press Service
KANKER, India, Apr 15 (IPS) - Early in the morning, 14-year-old Sumari Varda puts on her blue school uniform, but heads for the village pond to fetch water. "I miss school. I wish I could go back," she whispers, scared of being heard by her employer.
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