Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1230
Deep Emissions Cuts Urged at Climate Summit
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Qatar, Nov 26 (IPS) - Extreme weather disasters, including floods and droughts intensified by climate change, have totalled many billions of dollars in damages this year.
Execution Met With Silence in Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Nov 26 (IPS) - Wednesday, Nov. 21, dawned like any other in the sleepy town of Faridkot, located some 150 kilometres from the Punjab capital of Lahore in Pakistan. But as the town's 3000 residents went about their daily routines the air grew thick with apprehension, for a reason none wanted to mention.
The Secular Fret in New Tunisia
- Inter Press Service
TUNIS, Nov 26 (IPS) - A year has passed since the provisional government assumed power in Tunisia. Following in the wake of the revolutionary changes brought on by the Arab Spring, the moderate Islamic Ennahda party won the majority and formed a coalition with the two secular parties Congress for the Republic (CPR) and Ettakatol in October last year.
Opposition to U.S. Bases Reaches Turning Point
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Nov 25 (IPS) - Okinawa, the largest of a group of 60 sub-tropical islands forming Japan's southernmost prefecture, has an equable climate and preferential treatment for United States servicemen under the Mutual Cooperation Security Treaty between the U.S. and Japan.
End of Assault Opens Opportunities for Gaza
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Nov 25 (IPS) - As the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas seems to be holding, many are hoping that one of the agreement's main points – the easing of restrictions on people and goods coming in and out of the Gaza Strip – signals a new era for the besieged Palestinian territory.
Q&A: Honouring the Silent Courage of Afghan Women
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 24 (IPS) - Violence against women is internationally recognised as a threat to democracy, a burden on national economies, and a serious human rights violation.
ASEAN Stumbles Again On South China Sea
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Nov 24 (IPS) - Against the backdrop of growing territorial tensions in the South China Sea, inflamed by a more explicit Sino-American rivalry in the Pacific theatre, the recently-concluded ASEAN Summit in Cambodia represented the best chance at bolstering regional security through peaceful, multilateral mechanisms.
Acquittal in The Hague Sparks Controversy
- Inter Press Service
BELGRADE, Nov 24 (IPS) - Stojan Kovacevic spent last weekend going about his usual routine in his tiny dwelling in the village of Grocka, near Belgrade: cleaning the kitchen and bedroom, going to the local green market and watching TV.
Briefly President, Now Pharaoh
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Nov 24 (IPS) - When Mohamed Mursi was sworn in as president in June there were concerns that the first democratically elected president in Egyptian history would be subservient to the military council that had ruled the country since dictator Hosni Mubarak was toppled in early 2011.
Security Council Vow on Women Lives Mostly on Paper
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 23 (IPS) - When the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) adopted a landmark resolution numbered 1325 back in 2000, it was supposed to integrate gender into its core mandate: the establishment and maintenance of international peace and security.
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