Global Issues
News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 270
Gaza Loses an Underground Lifeline
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Jan 10 (IPS) - The border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip used to buzz with activity until a few months back as traders brought in an array of Egyptian goods â€" from food supplies to raw material - through hundreds of tunnels.
Military Prepares a General’s Constitution
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Jan 09 (IPS) - A draft constitution set to go before a public referendum next week gives the military more privileges, enshrining its place as Egypt’s most powerful institution and placing it above the state.
Fall of Fallujah Refocuses U.S. on Iraq
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 09 (IPS) - Three years after the last U.S. combat soldiers left Iraq, the past week’s takeover of the western city of Fallujah by the Al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has refocused Washington’s attention on a country that it had hoped to put permanently in its rear-view mirror.
Despite 13-Year Deadlock, U.N. Makes Headway Fighting Terrorism
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 08 (IPS) - After nearly 13 years of protracted negotiations, the United Nations remains deadlocked on a proposal to establish a Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) - even as suicide bombings continue unabated in countries such as Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Afghanistan, and most recently, Russia.
Islamic Party Parts With Islamists
- Inter Press Service
TUNIS, Jan 08 (IPS) - In the city of Metlaoui in the Governorate of Gafsa, a mining region in the parched south of Tunisia, the streets are dust, filled with ruts, the skin of the men in the cracked lanes leathery brown from the heavy weather.
Despite Legal Attacks, Conflict Minerals Ban Gets Stronger
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 08 (IPS) - Major manufacturing and business groups on Tuesday urged a court here to roll back a new U.S. regulation that would soon require major manufacturers to ensure that their global supply chains are free of minerals used to fund violence in the Great Lakes region of central Africa.
Afghans Want Justice Before Elections
- Inter Press Service
KABUL, Jan 07 (IPS) - Will we get justice? That is the question many Afghans are asking as their war-ravaged country heads for presidential polls in April. For, the list of candidates includes several warlords who have been accused of heinous crimes and who are yet to be brought to justice.
Best Wishes for a Less Destitute New Year
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Jan 06 (IPS) - Over the past year more than 50,000 Palestinian refugees have fled violence, chaos and destitution in Syria to seek sanctuary in Lebanon. The vast majority have found themselves living in dire poverty, and trapped in chronically insecure existence.
Many More Snakes Than Ladders for U.S. Policy in 2014
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 03 (IPS) - If U.S. President Barack Obama conceived his foreign policy prospects for 2014 as a popular child's board game, the snakes he will have to jump over significantly outnumber the ladders that can propel him to success.
Pakistan’s Polio Campaign Runs Into Taliban Wall
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jan 03 (IPS) - The Taliban are proving to be a huge stumbling block for Pakistan as the South Asian nation - one of only three remaining polio endemic countries in the world – tries to fight the crippling disease.
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