Global Issues
News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 260
Fighting a 'Losing' War With the Taliban
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Mar 26 (IPS) - Pakistan is in the midst of a heated debate on continuing military operations against the Taliban in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), especially after the brutal killing of 23 army soldiers last month.
OP-ED: The Elephant vs. the Shark
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 25 (IPS) - To pivot, according to the venerable Oxford English Dictionary, means "to turn as on a pivot." Which takes us to the noun, which seems more appropriate for describing the Obama administration's Pacific policy: "That on which anything turns; a cardinal or central point."
U.S. Joins Global Transparency Tide in Extractives Sector
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 24 (IPS) - An unusual combination of industry, government, investors and civil society here is celebrating the United States' initial acceptance into a prominent global initiative aimed at strengthening transparency and accountability in the extractives industry.
The Uses of Ukraine
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 24 (IPS) - The observation that the Chinese characters for the word "crisis" combine the characters for "danger" and "opportunity" has become a staple of Washington foreign policy discourse for years.
Sri Lanka Prepares for Geneva Showdown
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Mar 24 (IPS) - As Sri Lanka steadfastly refuses any external inquiry into human rights abuses allegedly committed when the government pushed a military victory over Tamil rebels in its decades-long sectarian conflict, right groups say the global community is left with no option but to push for an international investigation.
Ukraine Confronts Another Split
- Inter Press Service
DONETSK, Ukraine, Mar 23 (IPS) - In Donetsk's Lenin Square, Yuroslav Korotenko keeps a constant vigil inside a tent erected just a few feet away from a massive statue of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin.
A Budding Alliance: Vietnam and the Philippines Confront China
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 22 (IPS) - Last year, the Philippines brought a complaint against China's aggressive actions in the West Philippine Sea to the United Nations Arbitral Tribunal. It was a master stroke by the Philippine government.
OP-ED: A New World Order? Think Again
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 21 (IPS) - Russia's storming of the Ukrainian naval base in Crimea just as Iran and world powers wrapped up another round of negotiations in Vienna earlier this week represent seemingly contradictory bookends to a world that some believe is spinning out of control.
In Accepting Ethiopia, Transparency Group “Sacrifices Credibility”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 20 (IPS) - A major international initiative aimed at promoting transparency in the extractives industry is coming under harsh criticism for accepting an application from Ethiopia, despite significant ongoing legal restrictions on the country's civil society.
West Africa’s Refugee and Security Crisis
- Inter Press Service
ABIDJAN, Mar 19 (IPS) - In West Africa, the Malian and Ivorian political crises have resulted in the biggest number of refugees in the region. But brewing insecurity could mean that they will be unable to return home any time soon as armed groups remain a threat to West Africa.
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