Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1260
U.N. Chief in the Hot Seat over Non-Aligned Summit in Iran
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 16 (IPS) - When Cuba chaired the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) back in 1979, Western nations dismissed the world's largest single political coalition as lacking legitimacy since Havana was considered a close ally of the then-Soviet Union.
Rebels Claim Responsibility for Syria Blast
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Qatar, Aug 15 (IPS) - The main Syrian rebel group has claimed responsibilty for a series of explosions in central Damascus near the hotel used by the U.N. observer mission in Syria.
Civil Society Squeezed on All Sides
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (IPS) - A year and a half after the international wake-up call of the Arab Spring uprisings, the room for civil society organisations is being increasingly constricted across the globe, experts in Washington warned on Tuesday.
Reining in Private Security Faces Regulatory Thicket
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 14 (IPS) - Alleged human rights violations and other challenges involving the use of Private Military Security Contractors (PMSCs) have sparked a series of international efforts to create systems of accountability for an increasingly complex transnational industry.
U.S.: Republican Ticket Shrugs Off Foreign Policy Experience
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (IPS) - With less than three months to go before the U.S. presidential election, over the weekend Barack Obama’s Republican challenger for the presidency, Mitt Romney, finally announced his vice-presidential running mate, a young member of Congress named Paul Ryan.
Fighting Against Soldiering
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Aug 14 (IPS) - Thousands of ultra-Orthodox men, women and children have been demonstrating in Jerusalem against the Israeli government’s move to make military service mandatory for members of their community.
OP-ED: What to Make of the Latest Iranian-Turkish Row
- Inter Press Service
HAWAII, U.S., Aug 14 (IPS) - Turkish-Iranian relations have been rocky since the deepening of the Syrian imbroglio, but the latest row suggests a new low.
Crowds in Cairo Praise Morsi's Army Overhaul
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Qatar, Aug 13 (IPS) - The Egyptian president has ordered the powerful head of the army and defence minister, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, and several senior generals into retirement and canceled constitutional amendments issued by the military restricting presidential powers.
U.N. Launches New Oceans Compact Following Expo 2012
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 13 (IPS) - As the three-month-long international exhibition Expo 2012 came to a close in the South Korean coastal town of Yeosu last week, the United Nations announced the launch of an "Oceans Compact" aimed at the preservation of marine resources worldwide.
In Jerusalem the Past Is Alike, And Alive
- Inter Press Service
OCCUPIED EAST JERUSALEM, Aug 13 (IPS) - “This is King David’s palace!” proclaims the Israeli tour guide with much fanfare, ignoring the cautionary “King David’s Palace?” legend on the sign. Opportunely opening the Bible, he reads from 2 Samuel 6:16, “As the Ark of the Lord came to the City of David…”
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