News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 321
Somali Officials Back Terrorists Against Aid
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Aug 16 (IPS) - Foreign aid workers are increasingly becoming targets of corrupt officials within the Somali government and the Islamist extremist group Al-Shabaab.
Israel Defiant on Settlements as Peace Talks Open
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (IPS) - Against the backdrop of two major announcements of Israeli settlement expansion, U.S.-brokered peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians resumed Thursday in Jerusalem.
U.S.-Russian Rift May Play Out at U.N.
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 13 (IPS) - When the Cold War peaked in the late 1960s and '70s, the United States and the then-Soviet Union were armed with one of the most effective non-lethal weapons in their diplomatic arsenal: a veto in the U.N.'s most powerful body, the Security Council.
Afghanistan Faces New Uncertainties
- Inter Press Service
, Aug 13 (IPS) - What after 2014? That is the question people on Afghanistan's streets are asking as the deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops draws near.
Now Tunisia Begins to Shake
- Inter Press Service
TUNIS, Aug 13 (IPS) - Tunisia was plunged into political strife when opposition leader Mohamed Brahmi was assassinated late last month, triggering widespread pro- and anti-government demonstrations across the country. In the days since his death the North African nation has faced a further series of terrorist attacks that have threatened to destabilise a country seen as a model for post-revolution democracy in the region.
Q&A: “When the String of the Inequality Gap Snaps, You Have Political Crisis”
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, Aug 12 (IPS) - "There is no development without peace. It should be understood that, for there to be development in a country, there must be an internal peace process," says Kanayo Nwanze, president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
Egypt Military ‘Split’ Over Morsi
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Aug 10 (IPS) - Divisions are opening up within the Egyptian military over the controversial takeover from the ousted government of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Morsi, a senior party leader says.
OP-ED: The Making of the Middle East's Newest Strongman
- Inter Press Service
BERKELEY, California, Aug 07 (IPS) - Before an ultimatum to attack an anti-coup sit-in earlier this week, Egypt's new strongman and coup leader Gen. Abdel Fatah Al-Sissi received one of his warmest endorsements ever - something that might have been torn right out of the steamy pages of the "Arabian Nights".
More Kids Pushed Into Labour in Lebanon
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Aug 07 (IPS) - With Lebanon fraying at the seams under pressure from the neighbouring Syria conflict and the economy stuttering amid a political vacuum, more and more children are being pushed into labour.
Troubled Kurds Draw Closer
- Inter Press Service
SULEYMANIA, Iraqi Kurdistan, Aug 07 (IPS) - "The Islamists' announcement that god supported the killing of Kurds in Syria made us react," recalls Farouk Aziz Khadir. This 60-year-old Iraqi Kurd is ready to take up arms to defend his kin in the neighbouring war-torn country. And there are many more like him.
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