Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1113
U.N. Peacekeepers Overwhelmed in South Sudan
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 11 (IPS) - As the death toll rises from South Sudan's spiraling political and ethnic conflict, the ability of the U.N. to enforce its peacekeeping mandate in the country is coming under increased scrutiny.
Major Parts of World Ignored by U.S. TV News in 2013
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (IPS) - If people outside the United States are looking for answers why Americans often seem so clueless about the world outside their borders, they could start with what the three major U.S. television networks offered their viewers in the way of news during 2013.
U.N. to Seek Billions for Syria at Kuwait Conference
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 10 (IPS) - When Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon chairs a U.N. pledging conference next week for urgently needed aid to Syria, he is expected to warn the donor community that the humanitarian crisis in the politically-troubled Arab nation is threatening to reach biblical proportions.
Gates Conceals Real Story of “Gaming†Obama on Afghan War
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (IPS) - Criticism in the memoirs of former secretary of defence Robert M. Gates of President Barack Obama’s lack of commitment to the Afghan War strategy of his administration has generated a Washington debate about whether Obama was sufficiently supportive of the war.
Gaza Loses an Underground Lifeline
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Jan 10 (IPS) - The border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip used to buzz with activity until a few months back as traders brought in an array of Egyptian goods â€" from food supplies to raw material - through hundreds of tunnels.
Military Prepares a General’s Constitution
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Jan 09 (IPS) - A draft constitution set to go before a public referendum next week gives the military more privileges, enshrining its place as Egypt’s most powerful institution and placing it above the state.
Fall of Fallujah Refocuses U.S. on Iraq
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 09 (IPS) - Three years after the last U.S. combat soldiers left Iraq, the past week’s takeover of the western city of Fallujah by the Al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has refocused Washington’s attention on a country that it had hoped to put permanently in its rear-view mirror.
Despite 13-Year Deadlock, U.N. Makes Headway Fighting Terrorism
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 08 (IPS) - After nearly 13 years of protracted negotiations, the United Nations remains deadlocked on a proposal to establish a Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) - even as suicide bombings continue unabated in countries such as Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Afghanistan, and most recently, Russia.
Europe's Leaders Visit Athens to Celebrate Their Failure
- Inter Press Service
ATHENS, Jan 08 (IPS) - The start of Greece's six-month presidency of the EU was marked by a ceremony Wednesday in the Greek capital attended by the EU commissioners. But protests were banned and there was no talk about the raging controversy over the bloc's handling of the Greek debt crisis and the renewed concerns about the vitality of the Eurozone.
Islamic Party Parts With Islamists
- Inter Press Service
TUNIS, Jan 08 (IPS) - In the city of Metlaoui in the Governorate of Gafsa, a mining region in the parched south of Tunisia, the streets are dust, filled with ruts, the skin of the men in the cracked lanes leathery brown from the heavy weather.
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