Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1203
U.S. Hopes for Some Rapprochement After Chávez
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 07 (IPS) - While the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama says it would like to improve relations with Venezuela in the aftermath of the death Tuesday of President Hugo Chávez, officials and independent analysts here believe any rapprochement will take time and faces political obstacles both here and in Caracas.
‘Humanitarian Diplomacy’ Fights Nukes
- Inter Press Service
OSLO, Mar 07 (IPS) - For the first time, ‘humanitarian diplomacy' is being deployed to drive home the need for banning nukes - though under the self-imposed exclusion of the P5, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, who own a crushing majority of the 19,000 nuclear weapons capable of destroying the world many times over.
UNRWA Head Warns of Palestinian Crisis in Syria
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 07 (IPS) - A top United Nations official is warning that the plight of Palestinian refugees is being neglected amidst the ongoing crisis in Syria.
Chávez Invigorated the Left in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Mar 06 (IPS) - Part of the legacy left by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, who died Tuesday, was his determined struggle for the integration of Latin America independent of the standards and models of the industrialised North, and for the reinvigoration of left-wing radicalism in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Poll Finds Mounting Hostility Among Arabs towards Iran
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 06 (IPS) - A poll released Tuesday shows a stark decline in favourability among Arab and Muslim citizens regarding the Iranian government and its policies.
U.N. Declares Zero Tolerance for Violence Against Women
- Inter Press Service
For Iran and Pakistan, Energy Trumps Enmity
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 05 (IPS) - Iran appears to be putting its immediate economic and strategic needs ahead of religious solidarity as it seeks to promote ties with neighbouring Pakistan.
Microbes Thriving Deep Within the Earth
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Mar 05 (IPS) - Every living thing from bacteria to President Barack Obama is made of carbon from exploding stars.
Activists Urge Cardinals Who Concealed Sex Abuse to Skip Conclave
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Mar 05 (IPS) - As the Roman Catholic Church gets ready for the conclave that will select a new pope, activists and victims worldwide are stepping up their efforts to keep cardinals directly or indirectly involved in cases of paedophilia from participating in the papal election process.
OP-ED: Obama and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: It’s Time to Act
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 05 (IPS) - As President Barack Obama travels to Israel and Palestine in the spring, Washington's unconditional backing of Israel could soon begin to harm U.S. interests and security in Arab Muslim countries.
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