Global Issues
News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 263
Russians Back Crimea Action, They’d Better
- Inter Press Service
MOSCOW, Mar 06 (IPS) - Elena Smolenskaya doesn't hesitate a second when asked what she thinks about the Russian military intervention in Crimea. The 23-year-old Moscow student is convinced that President Vladimir Putin had no choice but to order troops into the country.
U.N. Struggles for Relevancy in Ukraine Crisis
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 05 (IPS) - When the crisis in Ukraine moved into the august chambers of the Security Council last week, it was virtually dead on arrival.
Crimea Faces a ‘Frozen Conflict’
- Inter Press Service
KIEV, Mar 04 (IPS) - Crimea could remain under Russian control indefinitely as the current crisis - described by some politicians as Europe's gravest since the end of the Cold War – threatens to turn into a "frozen conflict", experts say.
U.S. Hawks Take Flight over Ukraine
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 04 (IPS) - A familiar clutch of hawks have taken wing over the rapidly developing crisis in Ukraine, as neo-conservatives and other interventionists claim that President Barack Obama's preference for diplomacy over military action invited Russian aggression.
If a Two-State Solution Fails, What Next?
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 04 (IPS) - The failure of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians could lead to a significant shift in public opinion in the United States regarding Israel's future, according to a new poll released Monday.
Political Wrangling Stymies CAR Peacekeeping Force
- Inter Press Service
, Mar 03 (IPS) - Budget constraints in Washington and obstinacy at the highest levels of the African Union (AU) have combined to dangerously delay a possible U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR), according to sources close to negotiations currently underway in New York.
Hope for Justice ‘Disappears’ With Victims
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, India, Mar 02 (IPS) - Upon meeting an acquaintance after a long time, a young man at a Srinagar drug store asks: "Where did you disappear?" The innocuous question elicits an unexpected reply from the other: "Weigh your words. There are people whose loved ones have really disappeared."
“Act of Killing” Director Hopes U.S. Will Admit Genocide Role
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 01 (IPS) - Watching former gangsters and paramilitary leaders proudly reenact scenes from Indonesia's military-led mass killings of 1965-66 in the Oscar-nominated documentary, "The Act of Killing", it's easy to forget the role of outside countries.
An Equal Share of Wealth Equals Lasting Peace in CAR
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 28 (IPS) - While wrangling over Central African Republic's (CAR) wealth in natural resources played a role in the country's crisis, its future peace and stability still partly depends on a solution that factors in how to equitably distribute its national wealth.
Burned, Bombed, Beaten – Education Under Attack Worldwide
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 28 (IPS) - There was a time when images from war zones featured only battlefields and barracks. As warfare moved into the 20th century, pictures of embattled urban centres and rural guerilla outposts began to make the rounds.
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