Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1132
Riyadh Rebukes U.N. Security Council
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 21 (IPS) - When Saudi Arabia sought the presidency of the General Assembly in a bid for U.N. glory back in 1991, the oil-rich kingdom was facing Papua New Guinea in a race to head the highest policy-making body in the organisation.
Al-Shabaab Takes ‘Last Gasps’ in Ethiopia
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Oct 21 (IPS) - The explosion went off at 2:40 on a Sunday afternoon, on a tree-lined side street in Ethiopia's capital city of Addis Ababa. The area was a quiet one - home to foreign diplomats, domestic civil servants and several embassies - and the blast was strong enough to kill two men, startle the neighbours, and demolish a small home.
Solomon Man Learning Wisely to Respect Women
- Inter Press Service
HONIARA, Solomon Islands, Oct 20 (IPS) - In the Solomon Islands in the south-west Pacific, where two in three of the estimated female population of 252,000 have experienced physical and sexual partner abuse, recognition is growing that ending the cycle of violence cannot be achieved without the partnership of men as catalysts of change. And initiatives by men are gaining support.
The Afghan Dead Find a List
- Inter Press Service
KABUL, Oct 19 (IPS) - "My relatives and I tried many times, again and again, to find out what happened to my father. I searched constantly for 35 years, without success. Just a few days ago, I found out from the ‘death list' that my father had been executed."
Iran Hawks Down but Not Out After Geneva Talks
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (IPS) - Hopeful statements emerging from this week's talks between Iran and the great powers have clearly set back foes of any détente between Washington and Tehran, but they are far from giving up the fight.
OP-ED: Women’s Empowerment Builds International Peace and Security
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 18 (IPS) - When war erupts, women are often the first to experience the harsh brutality and the last to be called to the peace table. A resolution adopted Friday by the U.N. Security Council moves us one step closer to the full participation of women as leaders for peace and security.
Fractured Opposition Could Derail Syria Talks
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (IPS) - Despite U.S. and Western pressure on the opposition to take part in U.N.-sponsored talks aimed at halting the two-and-a-half-year-old Syrian civil war, most experts here believe the rebels are unlikely to show up any time soon. And even if they do, the results will be unlikely to change much of anything on the ground.
U.S. Reforms "Open Floodgates" on Arms Exports
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (IPS) - On Tuesday, the largest deregulation in the history of U.S. arms exports took place as part of the Barack Obama administration's export reform initiative.
OP-ED: Collapsism
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (IPS) - U.S policymakers indulge in a variety of child's play called collapsism. They close their eyes when they want a particularly despised adversary to go away. And poof! Kim Jong Eun's North Korea eventually disappears. Raul Castro's Cuba eventually vanishes.
Groups Target Food Waste to Eliminate Hunger
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Oct 17 (IPS) - If all food loss and waste around the world could be recovered, half the world's population, or 3.5 billion people, could be fed. Yet people throw away a third of food produced globally, an issue that inspired the theme of these year's World Food Day, sustainable food systems for food security and nutrition.
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