Will International Court ruling mean anything for Israel?
The Zionist state of Israel is back in the hot seat with the International Criminal Court at The Hague after judges ruled the ICC has jurisdiction in locations where war crimes have been charged in Palestinian territories and unlocks the gate for a war crimes probe. Conflict has raged over 70 years in Gaza, and started after 1967 in the...
Will U.S. Unilateralism turn World against it?
When America Attacks Iraq (Ghanaian Chronicle)Bush’s unilateralism aggravates world’s problems (National Catholic Reporter) UNITED NATIONS (IPS)–Nelson Mandela, the former South African president and one of the world’s most respected political figures, thinks the United Nations is being undermined by the United States. He is not alone. Recently, Mr. Mandela said he was disappointed that not a single world leader had...
UN Report – UN members feeling heat from U.S. on Iraq war
UN launches inquiry into American spying (UK Guardian)American Corporate Media Dodging U.N. Surveillance Story (FAIR) UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com)–A London-based activist group, citing outrage over reports that the African country Angola is moving toward supporting the United States/United Kingdom resolution now being debated in the United Nations Security Council to declare war on Iraq, has called for world-wide demonstrations against Angolan...
How months of tensions led to Sudan’s coup
CAIRO—The military coup in Sudan threatens to wreck the country’s fragile transition to democracy, more than two years after a popular uprising forced the removal of longtime leader Omar al-Bashir. The move comes after months of mounting tensions between the military and civilian authorities. Protesters are in the streets denouncing the takeover, and troops have opened fire, killing some of...
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 U.S. and NATO troops were killed in June than in any previous month. Indeed, as noted by both the New York Times and the Washington Post, June was the second month in a row in which...
Washington unhappy with Pakistani response to soldier deaths in NATO raid
JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - As the Pentagon scrambled to satisfy Pakistani demands for a full accounting of a lethal air attack on two border posts, official Washington expressed hope that Islamabad's retaliation will be limited in both time and scope. So far, Pakistan closed two border crossings used by the U.S. and NATO convoys to supply their troops in Afghanistan...
Amnesty Intl. says Myanmar army has laid landmines in Kayah
BANGKOK—Myanmar’s military has laid landmines that have killed and injured people in and around villages in Kayah, a conflict-affected region near the border with Thailand, Amnesty International said July 20. The human rights groups said its researchers who visited the region found that landmines laid around people’s homes and churches have killed at least 20 people and maimed many other...
South Africa’s case against Israel at the ICJ gains momentum, support
South Africa’s legal team in the genocide case against the Zionist state of Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague arrived to a hero’s welcome where they were met with loud cheers of “Free Palestine” from throngs of pro-Palestine supporters at OR Tambo International Airport. What a difference a court case makes. The birthplace of Nelson...
Is Kenya’s offer of sending troops to Haiti the result of U.S., UN and Western meddling?
As African leaders long for a greater voice, more respect, and acceptance as equals to their Western counterparts on the global stage, observers and analysts question at what cost and how far are they willing to go for acceptance. That question is being raised after the East African nation of Kenya recently stepped forward to lead a sought-after multination...
Global nations express ‘deep concern’ on new ultra-right-wing Israeli gov’t
Carte blanche support for the Zionist State of Israel on the global landscape has dwindled. International condemnation is rising over unprecedented repression by the occupier state in the occupied Palestinian territories. In recent weeks, rare disapproval of Israel was expressed by the United States, its main ally and benefactor. A diverse group of nations endorsed a letter on Jan. 16...