Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1138
Netanyahu Stakes Out Maximalist Position on Iran
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 02 (IPS) - Like the proverbial skunk at the garden party, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used his turn at the podium at the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday to pour scorn on Iran's new president, 96 hours after a smiling Hassan Rouhani departed New York after a momentous four-day stay that raised unprecedented hopes for détente with the United States and the West.
U.S. Government Shutdown Could Hit Foreign Aid
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 01 (IPS) - A deadlocked U.S. Congress proved unable to settle budgetary differences late Monday evening, leading to a federal government shutdown that could soon be felt by foreign aid programmes and their recipients.
Q&A: "This Is Not Huntington’s World"
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 01 (IPS) - While a fine wine might get better with age, the same is not true for flawed political theories.
WTO: Stingy with the Poor, Generous with the Rich
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Oct 01 (IPS) - A fight taking place in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations towards the Bali Ministerial Conference shows how the rules on agriculture allow developed countries to continue to shell out huge subsidies while penalising farmers in developing countries.
Disabled Make Do with Scraps from the Aid Table
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 01 (IPS) - Amidst the incomprehensible suffering that followed the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, international aid agencies rushed to provide services to the displaced and injured.
Egypt Paying a Price for ‘Cheap’ Labour
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Oct 01 (IPS) - Egyptian workers who mobilised during the 2011 uprising that toppled the regime of Hosni Mubarak have used the past two and a half years to organise into unions, press for labour reforms, and strike for better wages and working conditions.
'Interrogating' an Assad Militiaman
- Inter Press Service
MA’ARRET AN-NU'MAN (Idlib Province, Syria), Sep 30 (IPS) - The prisoner is led, handcuffed and dirty, into what until last year served as a school. "A shabiha," said one of the anti-regime rebels in the room. "We found him two days ago at a checkpoint."
More Egyptian Unrest Rises in Social Media
- Inter Press Service
BERKELEY, California, Sep 29 (IPS) - Gory social media images that fueled the global Jihadist influx into Syria 18 months ago are back. But this time the outpouring is coming from Egypt.
Weakening Al-Shabaab Finds New Aggression
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Sep 28 (IPS) - Strong action now expected against the al-Shabaab group may well end up strengthening the group rather than weakening it, local people fear. The extremist group is suspected of involvement in the attack on the Westgate mall in Nairobi.
Climate Change Report “Gives No Reason for Optimism”
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 28 (IPS) - Amidst rumours that global warming has slowed over the past 15 years, the new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states that each of the last three decades has been warmer than any preceding decade since 1850.
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