News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 269

  1. Kuwait Tops Humanitarian Aid to Syria at Pledging Conference

    - Inter Press Service

    KUWAIT CITY, Jan 15 (IPS) - As Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon grimly predicted a worsening of the monumental humanitarian disaster in war-torn Syria, the international community Wednesday pledged over 2.4 billion dollars in new funds to help the displaced and devastated in the politically-troubled Arab nation.

  2. Peacekeeping 20 Years after Rwanda

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Jan 15 (IPS) - On Jan. 11, 1994, Romeo Dallaire, force commander of the United Nations Mission in Rwanda, sent a fax to U.N. Headquarters in New York, telling officials there a source close the government had confided to him that Tutsis were being forced to register themselves in Kigali.

  3. The Right Note Hits Taliban

    - Inter Press Service

    PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jan 15 (IPS) - For many years they could not sing, dance or play their favourite instruments. The performing artists of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of northern Pakistan lost their voice as the Taliban carried out terror attacks and banned music, calling it un-Islamic. But after tentative advances in recent months, the Pakistani province is alive with the sound of music once again.

  4. Restive North Languishes in Post-War Mali

    - Inter Press Service

    WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (IPS) - A year after Mali’s civil war came to an end, experts here are increasingly concerned that the country risks an eventual return to violence, particularly as Malian authorities continue to marginalise the restive north while neglecting to pursue meaningful political and economic reforms. 

  5. Djotodia’s Resignation Sparks Hopes for Peace in CAR

    - Inter Press Service

    YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon, Jan 13 (IPS) - “I can’t wait to return back home,” Celeste Edjangue, a refugee from the Central African Republic (CAR) now in Cameroon’s East Region, told IPS.

  6. Jordan Valley Produces Conflicting Dates

    - Inter Press Service

    JORDAN VALLEY, Israeli-occupied West Bank, Jan 13 (IPS) - Israeli settler Gadi Blumenfeld distributes machetes to 15 Palestinian labourers and instructs them to cut the thorns off of his dates’ fronds. “I might be stabbed in the back,” he says, “but thanks to farming, we keep the area safe from terrorists.”

  7. U.N. Peacekeepers Overwhelmed in South Sudan

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Jan 11 (IPS) - As the death toll rises from South Sudan's spiraling political and ethnic conflict, the ability of the U.N. to enforce its peacekeeping mandate in the country is coming under increased scrutiny.

  8. Wildlife Poaching Thought to Bankroll International Terrorism

    - Inter Press Service

    WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (IPS) - Top diplomats and retired U.S. military officials are urging Western and African governments to step up the global fight against illegal wildlife poaching.

  9. U.N. to Seek Billions for Syria at Kuwait Conference

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Jan 10 (IPS) - When Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon chairs a U.N. pledging conference next week for urgently needed aid to Syria, he is expected to warn the donor community that the humanitarian crisis in the politically-troubled Arab nation is threatening to reach biblical proportions.

  10. Gates Conceals Real Story of “Gaming” Obama on Afghan War

    - Inter Press Service

    WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (IPS) - Criticism in the memoirs of former secretary of defence Robert M. Gates of President Barack Obama’s lack of commitment to the Afghan War strategy of his administration has generated a Washington debate about whether Obama was sufficiently supportive of the war.

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