Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1226
Conflict Kills Culture in Kashmir
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, Dic 05 (IPS) - Nestled in a valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range, Kashmir is an idyllic and culturally rich region, a cradle of Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist religious relics and architectural sites.
India Shrugs Off UK Aid Cuts, Despite Poverty
- Inter Press Service
U.N. Disabilities Treaty Rejected by U.S. Senate
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 05 (IPS) - Underlining the persistent power of their party's most right-wing elements, a majority of Republican senators Tuesday blocked ratification of the long-pending International Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities (CRPD).
OP-ED: Eyeless In Gaza
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dic 04 (IPS) - Mahatma Gandhi said it with remarkable moral clarity – "An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind." That is indeed what happened in Gaza over eight days in November, with an estimated 160 Palestinians and six Israelis dead in the latest exchange of rockets and drones brought to an uneasy end by an Egyptian brokered ceasefire.
Despite Growing Violence, Syrian Political Equation Unchanged
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 04 (IPS) - As Syria descends further into civil war, the Barack Obama administration has struggled to balance its support for anti-Assad groups with its concerns that the opposition leadership – including the newly-formed umbrella coalition – is controlled by hardline Islamist groups.
Chemical Arms Treaty Holdouts Include Volatile Syria
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dic 04 (IPS) - The beleaguered government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, accused of readying its chemical weapons against rebel forces, is one of three governments in the militarily-volatile Middle East which has shied away from the international Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).
The Decline of U.S. Global – and Israeli Regional – Influence.
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 04 (IPS) - On Nov. 29, 138 member states of the United Nations General Assembly voted in favour of giving Palestine "non-member observer state" status. Only nine voted no, 41 abstained. Beyond Middle East politics, the vote also mirrors the limits of the U.S. global, and the Israeli regional, empires: 138 defy their grip and favour change, 41+9=50 do not for various reasons. Who wants what?
Funding for Neglected Diseases "Heavily Reliant" on U.S.
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 03 (IPS) - International financial support aimed at counteracting the world's "neglected diseases" increased by nearly a half-billion dollars over the past five years, according to new research released Monday, but changing funding dynamics could already be having a negative impact on the development of cures for diseases that affect a substantial proportion of the world's poor.
Qatar Launches Schooling for Children in Crisis Zones
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dic 03 (IPS) - When the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) launched its inaugural meeting on "Global Education for All" last month, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned that most developing nations are likely to miss the 2015 deadline to achieve universal primary education.
Civil Society, Youth Pushed to the Margins at Doha
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Qatar, Dic 03 (IPS) - Beatrice Yeung, a youth delegate at the United Nations climate talks, travelled all the way from Hong Kong to Doha, Qatar to bring her generation's message that "we will live in the world you are creating for us."
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