News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 363
Obama’s Half-Pivot to Asia
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 29 (IPS) - President Barack Obama's recent tour of Asia was an opportunity to reenergise his foreign policy after a series of setbacks in the global arena.
U.S. Calls Egypt’s Latest Mass Death Sentences “Unconscionable”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 29 (IPS) - Five days after approving the transfer of 10 Apache helicopters to aid Egypt's "counter-terrorism" campaign in Sinai, the administration of President Barack Obama denounced as "unconscionable" the latest round of mass death sentences against members of the Muslim Brotherhood handed down by an Egyptian court Monday.
U.S. Food Aid Reforms May Be Rolled Back
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 28 (IPS) - Lawmakers here may roll back recent landmark reforms to how the United States provides international food aid, despite warnings that doing so would reduce assistance for some two million people worldwide.
Kerry Draws Israel Hawks' Ire Amid Failed Talks
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 28 (IPS) - In the wake of the collapse of U.S.-led peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, the angry rhetoric around this conflict has only escalated.
Going Beyond the Arms Trade Treaty to Secure Peace in Africa
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 25 (IPS) - Even as countries around the world have started to sign on to and ratify a landmark international treaty that would for the first time regulate the international trade in conventional weapons, experts here are warning that the treaty in itself will not be able to maintain peace and security in Africa.
Violence in South Sudan at a Savage Turning Point
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 24 (IPS) - After a week that saw a massacre inside a U.N. base and wide-scale ethnic-based slaughter in an oil-producing region, the international community is grappling with what, if any, options remain to save lives in South Sudan.
U.S. Apache Delivery Highlights Mixed Messaging on Egypt
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 24 (IPS) - Last October, the Barack Obama administration suspended the delivery of attack helicopters to Egypt's interim government following the Jul. 2 military ouster of Egypt's democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi.
Bringing the Bridges Home
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Apr 23 (IPS) - As foreign forces withdraw slowly from Afghanistan, they leave behind a vulnerable band of people who were their ears and guides on the ground. These people who served as interpreters, face a life of threats and uncertainties. Many have been killed.
U.S. Foreign Aid Approach Is Outdated, Experts Say
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 18 (IPS) - U.S. foreign aid is becoming increasingly outdated, analysts here are suggesting.
Civil Society Wants More Influence in New Development Agenda
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Apr 17 (IPS) - Making international cooperation more effective requires a civil society with greater influence in the negotiations of the development agenda that the world's governments are to adopt in 2015, civil society representatives said at an international meeting in Mexico.
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