Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1133
Afghan Families Want Accountability, Not Apologies
- Inter Press Service
SARACHA, Afghanistan, Oct 17 (IPS) - The dusty cemetery in Saracha village hosts three new graves: small hills of soil shielding the bodies of Sahebullah, Wasihullah and Amanullah, three of the five boys and young men killed by an ISAF-NATO airstrike on late Friday, Oct. 4.
Iran Nuclear Deal May Have its Beginnings in Geneva
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Oct 17 (IPS) - Talks between Iran and world powers known as the P5+1 over Iran's nuclear programme wrapped up here Wednesday with expressions of encouragement and hope by all parties, a commitment to reconvene in just three weeks, and several welcome "firsts".
When Poverty Quietly Morphs into Catastrophe
- Inter Press Service
Grief Veils Eid for Syrian Refugees
- Inter Press Service
SIDON, Lebanon, Oct 16 (IPS) - This week the Islamic world marks one of its holiest holidays, Eid al-Adha - honouring Ibrahim's commitment to sacrifice his first-born son to Allah. The festival involves large family gatherings, bountiful lunches and generous gift giving.
Walking an Economic Tightrope with No Safety Net
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 16 (IPS) - With the richest one percent of the population now owning 40 percent of global assets, and the bottom half sharing just one percent, inequality is fast being recognised as a stubborn underlying obstacle to development.
Programme to Boost Small Farmers Worldwide Faces Woes of Its Own
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Oct 16 (IPS) - When it launched in 2007, the Food and Agricultural Organisation programme known as Food Security through Commercialisation of Agriculture (FSCA) tried to adopt an approach that differed from on-going efforts to achieve food security, which focused primarily on food production.
With Obama Away, the Chinese Play
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Oct 16 (IPS) - As the U.S. struggles with a weeks-long government shutdown which has threatened the country's economic recovery and forced President Barack Obama to cancel a series of high-stakes visits to Asia, China has instead taken the centre-stage, boosting ties with Asian neighbours and promising multi-billion trade and investment deals.
Israel and the Gulf Increasingly Nervous Over Iran-U.S. Détente
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (IPS) - As hopeful, albeit vague, statements about talks in Geneva between Iran and the great powers continued to issue from the Swiss city Tuesday, foes of détente between Washington and Tehran maintained their own high tempo of work.
Russia May Do Better Than its Nuclear Rhetoric
- Inter Press Service
MOSCOW, Oct 16 (IPS) - Despite a seemingly entrenched resistance to change on its nuclear disarmament policy, the Kremlin's recent initiative to get Syria to destroy its chemical weapons provides hope that Russia could play a more positive role in reducing the world's global nuclear stockpiles, experts say.
No Safe Havens in Increasingly Acid Oceans
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Oct 15 (IPS) - Oil, gas and coal are contaminating the world's oceans from top to bottom, threatening the lives of more than 800 million people, a new study warns Tuesday.
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