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U.S. foreign policy fuels blowback in Somalia

JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - The population of Somalia has become increasingly radicalized and anti-U.S., according to a new report by a major U.S. human...

U.S. Sec. of State makes historic trip to Libya

UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - When Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice greeted Libyan Leader Muammar Gadhafi in Tripoli on September 5, a three-decade old chapter...

Rwanda accuses France of hand in bloody genocide

Web Video: Democracy Now Reports on Rawanda's Accusation UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - Fourteen years after bloody 1994 genocide in Rwanda, a government commission recently issued...

African Union, Arab League oppose Bashir indictment

UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - Unable to have an amendment adopted by the Security Council to quash an arrest warrant issued by an International Criminal...

Openness toward Iran sign of realists’ growing influence?

JIM.LOBEInter Press-Service WASHINGTON - The realists appear to have chalked up another win in their ongoing internal battle against hawks within the foreign policy...

Muslim minority faces jail time in China, Guantanamo

NEW YORK (IPS/GIN) - An influential congressional committee has delivered a scathing criticism of China’s closed trial of 15 men on terrorism charges. The...

Int’l Court indicts Sudan’s leader with genocide

International Court prosecutor charges Sudan’s leader with genocide Is oil behind indictment of Sudanese president? (FCN, 07-22-2008)Sudan and America's racist foreign policy (FCN, 06-25-2007) UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) -...

Zimbabwe sanctions resolution fails

UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - A draft resolution calling for sanctions on Zimbabwe, including a travel ban and freezing the assets of President Robert Mugabe...

Attacks on U.S. troops in Afghanistan up 40 percent

JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - Six and a half years since the ouster of the Taliban, U.S. media attention is returning to Afghanistan, where more...

Hands off African import taxes, Europeans told

/GIN BRUSSELS (IPS/GIN) - A new report commissioned by the French government is expected to fault the European Commission for pushing trade agreements...