Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1153
Spanish Workers Hit Hard by Madrid-Gibraltar Row
- Inter Press Service
LA LÍNEA DE LA CONCEPCIÓN, Spain, Aug 12 (IPS) - "The situation is messed up. Spain is on the verge of a civil uprising and the government is trying to divert attention" by tightening border controls to Gibraltar and provoking tension, complained Manuel Márquez, a delegate for the Socio-cultural Association of Spanish Workers in Gibraltar (ASTECG).
Freeing Prisoners, at a Price
- Inter Press Service
TEL AVIV, Aug 12 (IPS) - Standing in front of the makeshift memorial corner of his deceased children that he arranged in the room , Tzion Swery says to himself, "How ironical that we mark the 12th anniversary of their death on Tuesday just as Israel starts releasing Palestinian prisoners."
Egypt Military ‘Split’ Over Morsi
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Aug 10 (IPS) - Divisions are opening up within the Egyptian military over the controversial takeover from the ousted government of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Morsi, a senior party leader says.
Corruption Scandal Fuels Calls for Strict Party Funding Rules
- Inter Press Service
MALAGA, Spain, Aug 09 (IPS) - The corruption scandal enveloping the governing conservative People's Party in Spain and its leader, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, calls into question the funding model for political parties and points towards the need for strict controls, experts say.
Choked Media Struggles to Speak Out in Jordan
- Inter Press Service
AMMAN, Aug 08 (IPS) - Journalists and media activists have begun to confront the Jordanian government over its moves to block local news websites. Two months now after the blockage, many of these sites are struggling.
U.S.-Russia Rift Could Impact Upcoming Nuke Talks
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 07 (IPS) - The growing political rift between the United States and Russia triggered by the granting of temporary asylum to U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden, who is now holed up in Moscow, is threatening to further undermine relations between the two superpowers at the United Nations.
Indictment of Iran for ’94 Terror Bombing Relied on MEK
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 07 (IPS) - Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman based his 2006 warrant for the arrest of top Iranian officials in the bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires in 1994 on the claims of representatives of the armed Iranian opposition Mujahedin E Khalq (MEK), the full text of the document reveals.
OP-ED: The Making of the Middle East's Newest Strongman
- Inter Press Service
BERKELEY, California, Aug 07 (IPS) - Before an ultimatum to attack an anti-coup sit-in earlier this week, Egypt's new strongman and coup leader Gen. Abdel Fatah Al-Sissi received one of his warmest endorsements ever - something that might have been torn right out of the steamy pages of the "Arabian Nights".
More Kids Pushed Into Labour in Lebanon
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Aug 07 (IPS) - With Lebanon fraying at the seams under pressure from the neighbouring Syria conflict and the economy stuttering amid a political vacuum, more and more children are being pushed into labour.
Troubled Kurds Draw Closer
- Inter Press Service
SULEYMANIA, Iraqi Kurdistan, Aug 07 (IPS) - "The Islamists' announcement that god supported the killing of Kurds in Syria made us react," recalls Farouk Aziz Khadir. This 60-year-old Iraqi Kurd is ready to take up arms to defend his kin in the neighbouring war-torn country. And there are many more like him.
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