Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1086
OP-ED: We Must Stand Up in Defence of Nigeria's Abducted Schoolgirls
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 07 (IPS) - Today more than 200 schoolgirls will wake up to another day in an unthinkable nightmare. Three weeks ago, they were seized in the night by armed men dressed as soldiers who said they were there to protect them.
Palestinians Take the Tough Path Towards Unity
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, May 06 (IPS) - The nascent move for reconciliation between the Fatah party in the West Bank and Hamas which rules the Gaza Strip could change the balance in the Middle East – if it were to proceed and deliver as promised.
U.N. Probe Chief Doubtful on Syria Sarin Exposure Claims
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 06 (IPS) - The head of the U.N. team that investigated the Aug. 21, 2013 Sarin attack in the Damascus suburbs, Ake Sellstrom, is doubtful about the number of victims of the attack reported immediately after the event.
U.N.'s Post-2015 Agenda Skips the Right to Water and Sanitation
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 06 (IPS) - A U.N. working group mandated to formulate a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the post-2015 development agenda is being accused of bypassing water and sanitation as a basic human right: a right long affirmed in a General Assembly resolution adopted back in July 2010.
Economists Slam Draconian Drug Laws
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 06 (IPS) - A report released Tuesday by the London School of Economics (LSE) depicts drug prohibition as a massive failure, a financial drain on economies and a violation of the basic human rights of citizens.
The Long Journey Toward Recognition of a Third Gender
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 05 (IPS) - The world is slowly, but painfully, moving towards the formal recognition of the existence of a third gender besides male and female.
Yemen Facing Another Implosion
- Inter Press Service
SANA'A, May 05 (IPS) - The popular uprising of 2011 pushed long time Yemeni leader Ali Abdullah Saleh out of power but it has emboldened the Houthi movement that is rapidly changing the balance of power in North Yemen.
Myanmar Media Still Not Fully Free
- Inter Press Service
YANGON, May 05 (IPS) - Kyaw Kyaw Aung is just 22, but already has dark memories of days when information, sometimes of the mundane kind, could land you in a dark cell for a very long time in Myanmar, a Southeast Asian nation that was under military rule for decades.
Obama Visit Raises New Questions
- Inter Press Service
SINGAPORE, May 04 (IPS) - U.S. President Barack Obama's weeklong visit to Asia was meant to reassure allies in the region of American support and re-engagement. But it raised Chinese hackles and failed to dispel doubts over his administration's ‘pivot to Asia' strategy.
With Refugees Comes Crime
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, May 04 (IPS) - Blaming Afghan refugees for a surge in crime, Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has placed restrictions on the movement of those who do not possess legal documents to stay in the country.
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