News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1060
U.N. Favours Changeover from Landlocked to ‘Land-linked’
- Inter Press Service
VIENNA, Nov 04 (IPS) - Some 440 million people are living in 32 countries that are among the world's poorest, most of them least developed, and geographically isolated from world markets not only because they have very few commodities to export, but also because they have no direct territorial access to the sea.
Mobile Payments to Determine Future of Global Economy
- Inter Press Service
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, Nov 03 (IPS) - Half the global working age population does not have a bank account, yet six billion people have access to a mobile phone. Ninety percent of people in developing countries have mobile phone subscriptions and 84 percent have signed up to mobile broadband subscriptions.
OPINION: The Irresistible Attraction of Radical Islam
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Nov 03 (IPS) - The Oct. 23 attack on the Canadian Parliament building by a Canadian who had converted to Islam just a month earlier should create some interest in why an increasing number of young people are willing to sacrifice their lives for a radical view of Islam.
Growing Up Among the Dead
- Inter Press Service
SEREKANIYE, Syria, Nov 03 (IPS) - The walls of the Association for the Martyrs of Serekaniye are covered with the portraits of those fallen in combat in this northern Syrian town. Ali Khalil has buried everyone and each of them with the help of Diar, his 13-year-old son.
OPINION: Rivalry Between Sunnis and Shiites Has Deep Roots
- Inter Press Service
OXFORD, Nov 02 (IPS) - When the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) suddenly emerged in Iraq, it declared as one of its first targets the Shiites and what it called the Safavids. The Safavid dynasty (1501-1736) was one of the most powerful Iranian dynasties after the Islamic conquest.
OPINION: The Pentagon Comes Up Short on Climate
- Inter Press Service
Fredericksburg, VIRGINIA, Nov 01 (IPS) - The Pentagon recently released a new report sounding the alarm on the national security threats posed by climate change. Like previous reports on the subject, this one makes clear that Department of Defence (DoD) planners believe that global warming will seriously challenge our nation's military forces.
Another Women's Treaty? Implement Existing One, Say NGOs
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 (IPS) - Can violence against women be prevented or eliminated with a new international treaty signed and ratified by the 193 member states of the United Nations?
OPINION: The Islamic State’s Ideology Is Grounded in Saudi Education
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (IPS) - According to an article published Oct. 21 on Al-Monitor, the Islamic State (ISIS or IS) has issued new regulations for the school systems under its control in Iraq and Syria. The announced purpose of the so-called guidelines, which carried the imprimatur of the group's "Amir al-Mu'minin," presumably leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is to "eradicate ignorance and disseminate Sharia sciences."
Iraqi Christians Seek Shelter in Jordan after IS Threats
- Inter Press Service
AMMAN, Oct 31 (IPS) - Watching videos and pictures on social media of the advance of the Islamic State (IS) inside Syria made it all seem far from reality to Iraqi Marvin Nafee.
Better Water Management Needed to Eradicate Poverty
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Oct 30 (IPS) - It demands repetition: water is a precondition for all life. It keeps us alive – literally – while being a prerequisite for or integral part of most of our daily activities. Think hospitals without water, think farms, energy producers, industries, schools and homes without our most needed resource. All sectors, without exception, are dependent on water.
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