Global Issues
News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 320
Ending Ban, U.S. Hopes to Reduce Sexual Assaults in Military
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (IPS) - Following on a surprise announcement, U.S. Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta on Thursday confirmed that the U.S. military will be rolling back a nearly two-decade-old ban on women in the U.S. military serving in frontline combat positions.
Never-Ending Case Arises Again
- Inter Press Service
ISTANBUL, Jan 23 (IPS) - P?nar Selek, a Turkish sociologist who has on three occasions been tried and acquitted over a fatal explosion in Istanbul more than 14 years ago, is being taken to court again Jan. 24.
Victory Close to Defeat for Netanyahu
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Jan 23 (IPS) - As expected, Benjamin Netanyahu has been ensured another term in office. Against all expectations, he could have been defeated. Now, he faces uncertainty over the kind of governing coalition he will lead and thus the kind of policies he will carry out. And he faces a lingering question: can any prospective coalition last?
Drones Provoke Growing Controversy in U.S.
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (IPS) - As Barack Obama renews his lease on the White House for another four years, his administration is debating how best to respond to a growing internal and public controversy over his first term's non-battlefield counter-terrorist weapon of choice: armed drones.
Chadian Soldiers Join Battle for Northern Mali
- Inter Press Service
NIAMEY, Jan 23 (IPS) - Two hundred Chadian soldiers – members of the region's most battle-hardened army – moved north from Niger's capital Niamey on Tuesday to join French and African forces battling to free northern Mali from the grip of armed Islamic groups.
Law Makes it Honourable to Kill
- Inter Press Service
RAMALLAH, Jan 22 (IPS) - "Before she was murdered, she wasn't alive. We'll tell her story backwards from her murder to her birth"…so begins a powerful new song by critically acclaimed Palestinian hip-hop band DAM to draw attention to the continuing murder of Palestinian women by male relatives declaring that "family honour" has been damaged by alleged sexual indiscretions.
Coups Become the Norm in Guinea-Bissau
- Inter Press Service
LISBON, Jan 21 (IPS) - Chronic instability, extreme poverty, drug trafficking and corruption are the tragic lot of Guinea-Bissau, which this year commemorates four decades of independence from Portugal.
Taliban Bullets Target Ballot
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jan 20 (IPS) - The new round of a terror campaign by Taliban militants against liberal politicians and health workers has led to fresh alarm within government and civil society. Many see this as a ploy to postpone elections due mid-2013.
Iran’s Nuclear Plans Drop Off Israeli Radar
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Jan 18 (IPS) - A meeting between Iran and world powers is tentatively set for the month-end in Istanbul, and might constitute a litmus test over a compromise regarding Iran's uranium enrichment programme. Strangely enough, in Israel, Iran's nuclear quest is now off the public radar.
Iraqi Women Seek a New Liberation
- Inter Press Service
BAGHDAD, Jan 16 (IPS) - From full literacy declared in the seventies, Iraq is down to 40 percent literacy for women. From the first woman prime minister and the first woman judge in the Middle East in 1959, Iraq has slipped to a place where an abnormal number of widows struggle, and where child marriages are on the rise. Hanaa Edwar is putting up a fight to win Iraqi women their freedoms again.
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