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The Fall of The Assad Regime: The Rebels’ Prospect for Success or Failure
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Dec 13 (IPS) - The fall of the Assad regime is a historic watershed event that will have significant regional and international ramifications. The question is, will the rebels fulfill their promise to be inclusive and lift the Syrian people out of their misery, and what can the US and Israel do to help shape the trajectory of the new regime?
Breaking Latin America’s Cycle of Low Growth and Violence
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Dec 12 (IPS) - Violent crime and insecurity have a disproportionate impact on Latin America and the Caribbean, with severe consequences for socioeconomic development.
When Ousted Leaders Seek Safe Havens to Escape Jail Time & Hangmans Noose..
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 12 (IPS) - When some of the leaders in the Middle East and Asia are dethroned and driven into exile, the cynics jokingly ask: Is he politically dead or is he dead and buried?
The distinction between the two seems significant because the fluctuating political fortunes of some leaders—and their will to survive against heavy odds—have always defied Western logic.
This Year Saw Most of the World Repressed but in Civil Society there is Hope
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Dec 10 (IPS) - Today is International Human Rights Day, Normally, it should be an occasion to celebrate the work of those who strive to create peaceful, just, equal and sustainable societies. But conditions for human rights defenders and their organisations to operate freely are extremely challenging around the world.
Flagging the United Nations
- UN News
As delegates and staffers gear up to tackle another day at UN Headquarters, a quiet yet stirring tradition unfolds: the raising of flags representing all Member States.
World News in Brief: Humanitarians still held in Yemen, mystery illness in DR Congo, dire needs in Haiti
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has renewed his call for the immediate and unconditional release of humanitarian personnel who have been detained in Yemen for six months, his Spokesperson said on Friday.
Who are the Ultimate Winners in the World’s Ongoing Military Conflicts?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 02 (IPS) - If and when the devastating military conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza come to an end, the ultimate winners will not be the Russians, the Americans or the Israelis but the world’s arms manufacturers—contemptuously described as “merchants of death”.
And so will be the winners in a rash of conflicts and civil wars in Syria, Myanmar, Lebanon, Yemen, Sudan and Afghanistan.
Sudanese Women & Human Rights Defenders Call for Solidarity to Stop the Bloodshed
- Inter Press Service
KHARTOUM, Sudan, Nov 29 (IPS) - On 15 April 2023, the outbreak of war between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) drastically altered the face of Sudanese society. The fighting left thousands of dead, wounded, displaced people and refugees.
US Envoy-in-Waiting Blasts UN as Corrupt & Threatens Funding Cuts
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 29 (IPS) - John Bolton a former US ambassador to the United Nations (2005-2006) once infamously declared that if the 39-storeyed UN Secretariat building in New York “lost 10 stories, it wouldn’t make a bit of difference.”
That statement triggered a sarcastic response from a New York Times columnist who said Bolton would have done better as an urban planner than a US diplomat — while another newspaper described him as “a human wrecking ball”
Now it’s Officially the Israeli-American Genocide in Gaza
- Inter Press Service
ATLANTA, USA, Nov 27 (IPS) - As of last week, in the wake of the Nov. 21 issuance by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former IDF Defense chief Yoav Gallant, all eyes turned to Washington to see the what the response of Israel’s main backer would be.
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