News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 347
Israelis Ski on Thin Snow
- Inter Press Service
MOUNT HERMON, Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Feb 13 (IPS) - Unbending winds howl in the mountain; seldom carrying echoes of the two-year-old civil war closing in on Damascus just 35 kilometres away. But Israelis revel in immaculate pleasure. Albeit an internationally-recognised Syrian territory, the Israeli-controlled high ground is de facto their one and only ski resort.
African Troops Arrive As Divisions Fracture Malian Army
- Inter Press Service
BAMAKO, Feb 13 (IPS) - Soldiers belonging to the African-led International Support Mission to Mali continue to stream into this West African nation, as several hundred troops have already been deployed to secure towns across the country.
North Korean Test Puts More Pressure on Obama
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (IPS) - Tuesday's nuclear test by North Korea poses major new questions about the sustainability of President Barack Obama's first-term policy of "strategic patience" in dealing with Pyongyang.
Christian or Muslim - ‘We are All Victims of Those Terrorists’
- Inter Press Service
MOPTI, Mali, Feb 11 (IPS) - At the entrance to the Evangelical church in Mopti, central Mali, military soldiers stood on either side of the door as Pastor Luc Sagara greeted his parishioners for Sunday mass.
Israel Goods Boycott Movement Rises
- Inter Press Service
ZEITOUN, Gaza, Feb 10 (IPS) - Tawfiq Mandil, 45, stands amongst hundreds of Palestinian farmers, activists, and international supporters in the Gaza Strip's eastern Zeitoun district, about half a kilometre from the border with Israel. They are renewing a call for the boycott of Israeli goods.
OP-ED: Succeed or Fail? What Obama Must Do in the Middle East
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 08 (IPS) - Every U.S. president since Harry Truman has sought to disentangle the United States from the Middle East, and all have been sucked back into the region and its problems.
Victor’s Justice Plays Out in Côte d’Ivoire
- Inter Press Service
ABIDJAN, Feb 08 (IPS) - The extradition of high-level allies of former Côte d'Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo from Ghana back to their home country, including a most recent one on Feb. 5, has brought renewed scrutiny to the Ivorian judiciary, which critics say is implementing a form of one-sided victor's justice since the 2010 to 2011 post-election conflict.
Golan Heights Braces for More Fighting
- Inter Press Service
MAJDAL SHAMS, Occupied Golan Heights, Feb 07 (IPS) - After Israeli war planes reportedly bombed targets in Syrian territory last week, individuals and groups in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights are quietly preparing for the possibility of escalating violence between Syria and Israel.
"Drone" a Dirty Word in the U.N. Lexicon
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 07 (IPS) - The "drone", one of the eminently controversial lethal weapons deployed by the United States in its war against terrorism, is obviously a dirty word in the U.N. lexicon.
Northern Mali Faces Food and Currency Shortages
- Inter Press Service
NIAMEY, Feb 05 (IPS) - Communities in northern Mali are in need of humanitarian intervention following the recent military intervention in Gao and Timbuktu, leading non-governmental organisations to call for deliveries of food aid, fuel and even currency notes.
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