Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1206
Former Hostages Call for Broadened Dialogue with Iran
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (IPS) - On the eve of resumed talks between Iran and the P5+1 (the U.S., Britain, France, Russia, China plus Germany) in Almaty, Kazakhstan over its nuclear programme, two former hostages of the U.S. embassy takeover in Tehran argued that the aura of mistrust that has dogged relations for decades must be addressed.
Former Insiders Criticise Iran Policy as U.S. Hegemony
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (IPS) - "Going to Tehran" arguably represents the most important work on the subject of U.S.-Iran relations to be published thus far.
Green Energy Solves Dual Crises of Poverty and Climate
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Feb 25 (IPS) - Green energy is the only way to bring billions of people out of energy poverty and prevent a climate disaster, a new study reveals.
U.N. to Build Bridges Battling "Merchants of Hate"
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (IPS) - Amidst the rising tide of racial and religious intolerance worldwide - including xenophobia, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia - the U.N. Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) will meet in the Austrian capital of Vienna later this week to strengthen cross-cultural relations in a world it describes as "alarmingly out of balance".
‘Marks of Manhood’ Fuel Gender-Based Violence
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (IPS) - Some of the most harrowing cases of gender-based violence Kathryn Bolkovac came across while working as a U.N. human rights investigator in Bosnia involved a perpetrator dubbed "the Doctor" by the women and girls he abused.
More Dead Than Red
- Inter Press Service
EIN GEDI, Israel, Feb 25 (IPS) - The World Bank has declared the Red Sea-Dead Sea canal project feasible. Designed to "save the Dead Sea", "desalinate water and/or generate hydroelectricity at affordable prices in Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Authority", and "build a symbol of peace in the Middle East", the scheme, green groups warn, is fraught with environmental hazards.
Democracy Tastes Bitter as Poverty Bites
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Feb 24 (IPS) - On a recent Friday, coppersmith Alaa Moussa parked himself in the same spot where two years earlier he had stood defiantly with a handwritten banner addressed to then president Hosni Mubarak. His petition that cold February morning in 2011 had listed the key demands of Egypt's 18-day uprising: "bread, freedom, dignity".
Five Hungry Men Feed Palestinian Resolve
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Feb 23 (IPS) - A few stoic lines from Palestinian political prisoner Samer Issawi, 33, transmitted to his sister Shireen have given new strength to Palestinian resolve to fight Israeli occupation and its prison policies. As has the hunger strike of four others in Israeli prisons along with Issawi.
Israeli Licence to Cheney-Linke Energy Firm on Golan Heights Raises Eyebrows
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (IPS) - In a potential new source of contention between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel has reportedly granted a U.S. energy firm with heavyweight political connections to explore for oil and gas in the occupied Golan Heights.
Argentina Strikes Deal with Iran to Probe AMIA Bombing Suspects
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Feb 22 (IPS) - An agreement between Argentina and Iran to dig deeper into a 1994 bomb attack on a Jewish community centre in this city will test the solidity of the evidence garnered by a judicial investigation that has ground to a halt because of lack of cooperation from Tehran.
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