Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1145
Turning the Tables on the Trackers: Wikileaks Sniffs out Spy Salesmen
- Inter Press Service
BERKELEY, California, Sep 08 (IPS) - What was Mostapha Maanna of Hacking Team, an Italian surveillance company, doing on his three trips to Saudi Arabia in the last year? A new data trove from WikiLeaks reveals travel details for salesmen like Maanna who hawk electronic technology to track communications by individuals without their knowledge.
Where a Moustache Can Mean Life or Death
- Inter Press Service
ALI SARAY, Iraq, Sep 07 (IPS) - "The soul needs to reincarnate a thousand times before becoming one with god," says Rajab Assy Karim from Ali Saray, 190 kilometres north of Baghdad. Iraq is full of ‘shortcuts' to the ultimate, and several seem to pass through this tiny desert village.
U.S., Malaysia Skirmish over Free-Trade Tobacco
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 07 (IPS) - Between concluding rounds of negotiations towards the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a major U.S.-proposed free trade agreement, a divisive fight has heated up over the extent to which countries should be allowed to regulate the sale of foreign – potentially far cheaper – tobacco products.
Obama Increasingly Isolated on Syria Military Action
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 06 (IPS) - With a week of intense lobbying behind him, U.S. President Barack Obama looks increasingly beleaguered - both at home and abroad - in his effort to rally support for a military strike against Syria to punish its government for its alleged Aug. 21 chemical-weapons attack outside Damascus.
U.N. Urges Culture of Peace amid Rising Sectarian Strife
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 06 (IPS) - Against the backdrop of widespread sectarian violence in Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt and Syria - and rising xenophobia and Islamophobia in Western Europe and the United States - the United Nations hosted its second high-level forum on the "culture of peace".
OP-ED: Syria Has Become Iran’s Vietnam – Let’s Help It Escape
- Inter Press Service
MANAMA, Bahrain, Sep 06 (IPS) - As if the Iran nuclear issue was not already difficult enough, it became even more complicated when Bashar al-Assad unleashed his chemical weapons across Damascus suburbs last month. Suddenly, the Syria issue is overshadowing all other factors concerning Iran.
Syria Crisis Yet to Derail Iran Nuclear Talks
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 05 (IPS) - Even with potential U.S. strikes against Iranian ally Syria looming, Washington and Tehran appear to be preparing for the resumption of nuclear talks.
U.N. Chief Eyes Eight Holdouts in Nuke Test Ban Treaty
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 05 (IPS) - A group of about 20 "eminent persons" is to be tasked with an unenviable job: convince eight recalcitrant countries to join the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
Iran Looms over Syria Debate for Pro-Israel Groups
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 05 (IPS) - With Congress still deliberating over Barack Obama's request for authorisation to take military action against Syria, the powerful Israel lobby here has taken the lead in pressing the president's case.
Ex-World Leaders Urge U.S. to Forego Military Attack on Syria
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 04 (IPS) - The United States, which is preparing to launch a military strike on Syria, is being cautioned by several former world leaders and Nobel Peace laureates to seek a political solution to the ongoing crisis - and forego armed intervention in the beleaguered Middle Eastern nation.
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