Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1252
U.S., Israeli Attacks Unlikely to Destroy Iran's Nuclear Programme
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 13 (IPS) - While U.S. or Israeli air strikes may delay the building by Iran of a nuclear weapon, they are unlikely to prevent it altogether and could well prove counter-productive, according to a major new report signed by nearly three dozen former top U.S. foreign-policy makers, military officers, and independent experts.
General’s Defence on Afghan Scandal Ducks Key Evidence
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 13 (IPS) - Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell, the former commander of NATO’s training mission in Afghanistan, denied to a U.S. Congressional panel Wednesday that he had cited the impact on Congressional elections in opposing the timing of a request for an investigation of high-level Afghan military corruption and its impact on neglect of patients at the Afghan National Military Hospital (NMH) two years ago.
U.N. Doubles Down on Slashing Child Mortality by 2015
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 13 (IPS) - While the global community made progress in reducing under-five child mortality to below seven million per year, it risks failing to reach the global targets set for 2015 if action is not scaled up, according to a new report by the U.N. children's agency UNICEF.
Laissez-Faire Failing World's Dwindling Water Resources
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Sep 13 (IPS) - Growing water shortages in many countries are a major threat to global security and development and should be a top priority at the U.N. Security Council, a panel of experts said in a new report.
Q&A: “The More Difficult Task Came After the Revolution”
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 13 (IPS) - Following the revolution that culminated in the ouster of longtime President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011, Tunisia embarked on a transitional justice process with the intention of addressing the gross human rights violations of the dictatorship.
Libya, Egypt Embassy Attacks Fuel U.S. Presidential Race
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 12 (IPS) - Tuesday’s attacks by alleged radical Islamists on key U.S. diplomatic posts in Libya and Egypt propelled foreign policy, however briefly, to the centre of the presidential race that has been dominated to date by the state of the economy.
Islamists Threaten Libya’s Future
- Inter Press Service
TRIPOLI, Sep 12 (IPS) - The killing of U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens comes in the wake of a new threat of Islamic fundamentalism that has rocked Libya over the last few weeks.
World Needs to Build a Culture of Peace, Says Ex-Envoy
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 12 (IPS) - Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed, says the preamble to the constitution of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
U.S. Envoy Dies in Benghazi Consulate Attack
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Sep 12 (IPS) - The U.S. ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, has died from smoke inhalation in an attack on the U.S. consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, the country's interior ministry and security sources have said.
"Two Children May Have Died for You to Have Your Mobile Phone”
- Inter Press Service
MALAGA, Spain, Sep 12 (IPS) - "It’s possible that two children died so that you could have that mobile phone,” says Jean-Bertin, a 34-year-old Congolese activist who wants to end the “absolute silence” around the crimes committed in his country to exploit strategic raw materials like coltan.
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