News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 337
Bipartisan Task Force on Torture Calls for U.S. Redemption
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 16 (IPS) - Former U.S. Republican Congressman Asa Hutchinson hopes his country can redeem itself after torturing an unknown but certainly large number of detainees.
As West Falters, Arms Spending Rises in Developing World
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 15 (IPS) - The spreading economic crisis is taking a bite out of Western military spending - even as the world's developing nations, along with Russia and China, boosted their arms expenditures last year.
Tents Take on Settlements
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Apr 13 (IPS) - Tent cities are being set up by Palestinians all over the West Bank to protest against Israeli settlements, building on a protest during the visit of U.S. President Barack Obama last month.
Agriculture Still the Cinderella of Colombia
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, Apr 12 (IPS) - Wearing a dusty hat and a smile that lights up his face, the septuagenarian José Alicapa does not shrink from the overwhelming bustle of the Colombian capital, which he reached after a 13-hour bus drive from the western province in Caldas.
Questions Raised about South Africa’s Deployment to DR Congo
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Apr 12 (IPS) - Kholekile Dlamini has been devastated by the death of her son Xolani Dlamini, a South African National Defence Force soldier who died in the Central African Republic. Like many South Africans, she had not even been aware of the SANDF deployment to the resource-rich nation.
Urgent Need for Political Reform in Mali as French Depart: Report
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 12 (IPS) - With France withdrawing troops after chasing Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) from towns in northern Mali, the central government in Bamako should urgently launch a serious process of national reconciliation, particularly with the Tuareg and Arab minorities, according to a new report by the International Crisis Group (ICG) released Thursday.
Arms Trade Treaty May Take Years to Be Legally Binding
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 11 (IPS) - When the 193-member General Assembly voted overwhelmingly for a long outstanding Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) last week, there was a lingering question left unanswered: how long will it take to reach the 50 ratifications necessary for the treaty to be legally binding?
Oil Flows Beneath the Battlefield
- Inter Press Service
DERIK, Syria, Apr 11 (IPS) - At seven o'clock in the morning on Mar. 1, Kurdish militias took over the only operational oil refinery in Syria, located about 800 kilometres northwest of Damascus.
Obama Requests Modest Bump in Foreign Aid
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 11 (IPS) - U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday asked Congress to approve some 52 billion dollars in foreign aid and international spending in 2014, slightly higher than the current year's budget which was cut due to the partisan impasse over how to reduce the yawning federal deficit.
Moving on from Rwanda’s 100 Days of Genocide
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, Apr 07 (IPS) - Bernard Kayumba, the mayor of Karongi district in western Rwanda, remembers just what it was like to be caught up in the genocide that claimed the lives of almost one million people in 100 days 19 years ago.
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