Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1148
Peace No Longer Rests on the Palestinian Issue
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Aug 27 (IPS) - The end of the world's most enduring conflict was always regarded as the essential linchpin of Mideast security. As direct talks between Israelis and Palestinians resume following a three-year hiatus, it seems too late for peace between them - if the declared goal of a peace deal within nine months is achieved - to end the violence unleashed by the ‘Arab springs'.
Major U.S. Debate Over Wisdom of Syria Attack
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (IPS) - While some kind of U.S. military action against Syria in the coming days appears increasingly inevitable, the debate over both the why and how of such an attack has grown white hot here.
U.S. Sells Attack Helicopters to Indonesia amid Rights Concerns
- Inter Press Service
OP-ED: Obama Should "Resist the Call" to Intervene in Syria
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (IPS) - President Obama got it right. He was picked by U.S. voters to put the nation's interests first – not those of any ally, any member of Congress, or the media, even if they clamour for him to "do something" yet do not take responsibility for the consequences if things go wrong, as they have for some time in the Middle East.
Q&A: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Is Not Going Away
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (IPS) - Almost 1,000 Egyptians have died, according to official count, since Aug. 14 when Egypt's armed forces began cracking down on Muslim Brotherhood-led protests against the military ouster of President Mohamed Morsi. That number well exceeds the 846 people officials say died during the 18 days of protests that ended Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule in January 2011.
Brotherhood Cornered, Not Crushed
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Aug 26 (IPS) - With the sun inching closer to the horizon on Friday afternoon in the Mohandiseen neighbourhood of Cairo, the call to prayer from Mostafa Mahmood mosque goes out over a street empty of all but a few soldiers lingering beside their tanks.
ACLU Reveals FBI Hacking Contractors
- Inter Press Service
BERKELEY, California, Aug 25 (IPS) - James Bimen Associates of Virginia and Harris Corporation of Florida have contracts with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to hack into computers and phones of surveillance targets, according to Chris Soghoian, principal technologist at the American Civil Liberties Union's Speech, Privacy and Technology Project.
Opening Books Beneath Bombs
- Inter Press Service
DAMASCUS, Aug 25 (IPS) - The school system in Syria's largest Palestinian refugee camp Yarmouk, located in capital Damascus, has been shattered by the fighting that now bedevils the community and the siege that strangles the district. Some tenacious teachers are, however, refusing to leave the camp and are battling against odds to provide education to an ever-growing number of youngsters.
Eavesdropping on the Whole World
- Inter Press Service
BERKELEY, California, Aug 24 (IPS) - How do U.S. intelligence agencies eavesdrop on the whole world? The ideal place to tap trans-border telecommunications is undersea cables that carry an estimated 90 percent of international voice traffic.
U.S. Selling Cluster Bombs Worth 641 million to Saudi Arabia
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 23 (IPS) - Arms control advocates are decrying a new U.S. Department of Defence announcement that it will be building and selling 1,300 cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia, worth some 641 million dollars.
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