Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1182
Israeli Attacks on Syria Escape Security Council Scrutiny
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 10 (IPS) - Israel, which has launched three air strikes inside Syria since January this year, has escaped scrutiny or condemnation by a Security Council which remains sharply divided.
After Half a Century, Women Head to the Polls
- Inter Press Service
MIANWALI, Pakistan, May 10 (IPS) - For 70-year-old Ghulam Fatima, the upcoming general elections on May 11 promise to be unlike any she has witnessed before in Pakistan.
Egypt's Political Instability Taking Toll on Its Economy
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, May 10 (IPS) - Regardless of who is responsible for Egypt's current political impasse – be it the administration of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi or an aggressive secular opposition – local experts are certain of at least one fact: Egypt's dire economic circumstances will not improve without political stability.
Pluralities of Israelis, Palestinians Want Stronger U.S. Peace Role
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 10 (IPS) - Amidst a new U.S. effort to revive the long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process, healthy pluralities of both peoples want U.S. President Barack Obama to play a stronger role in resolving their conflict, according to a major new poll released here Thursday by the Pew Research Center.
Toxic Waste on Par with Malaria as a Global Killer
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, May 09 (IPS) - Toxic waste sites in 31 countries are damaging the brains of nearly 800,000 children and impairing the health of millions of people in the developing world, two new studies have found.
Developing Resilience to Financial Shocks
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, May 09 (IPS) - The global repercussions of the 2007-2008 financial crisis are a stark reminder of the economic interdependence in our globalising world. No country was spared from the shock waves that originated in the financial systems of developed economies.
What Pakistani Women Voters Want
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Pakistan, May 09 (IPS) - As Pakistan inches closer to the May 11 elections, and the accompanying heat and dust get even thicker, it is pertinent to stop for a moment and ask: what do women voters in Pakistan want?
Kenyan Women to Break Glass Ceiling in Cabinet
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, May 09 (IPS) - Kenya's nominees for cabinet secretary positions, who include an unprecedented number of women - six out of 18 - will undergo a gruelling public vetting process by the Parliamentary Committee on Appointments Thursday.
Hope, Scepticism Over U.S.-Russian Accord on Syria Conference
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 09 (IPS) - The surprise accord reached by the U.S. and Russia in Moscow Tuesday to try to convene an international conference to resolve the two-year-old civil war in Syria as soon as the end of this month has been greeted with equal measures of hope and scepticism.
Women Taking the Lead in Northern Pakistan Province
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, May 08 (IPS) - "Women in Pakhtun society have traditionally helped their men in hard times," declares former Pakistani lawmaker Shagufta Malik. They are doing so again, and how, going by their hectic campaigning activity in northern Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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