Global IssuesNews headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 14
UAE Complicit in Sudan Slaughter
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jul 11 (IPS) - Sudan is the scene of unimaginable suffering. As war between army and militia continues, civilians are paying the highest price. Both sides are killing non-combatants and committing gross human rights crimes.
The Winds of War
- Inter Press Service
ATLANTA, Georgia, Jul 10 (IPS) - Herman Wouk’s 1971 novel The Winds of War traced the romance, bravery, fear, and faith required for American youths to join the military, deploy to the war zones, and confront the mighty Axis threat in the lead-up to WW II. It later became a dramatic TV series.
A Staggering New Estimate of Over 186,000 Killings in Gaza Revives Charges of War Crimes
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 10 (IPS) - An overwhelmingly staggering 186,000 killings in Gaza—compared with the official figure of over 37,000—has resurrected accusations of genocide and war crimes in the devastating nine-month-old war between Israel and Hamas, with no signs of a cease-fire.
The new estimates have come from The Lancet, one of the most prestigious peer-reviewed British medical journals.
Southeast Asia: Torture rooms and karaoke bars in gang-run ‘scam farms’
- UN News
Transnational crime syndicates based in Southeast Asia are fuelling the trafficking of people, either forcing them to commit crimes or for sexual exploitation in so-called “scam farms” that have spread across the region, according to the United Nations.
Myanmar: International Action Urgently Needed
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jul 03 (IPS) - Myanmar’s army, at war with pro-democracy forces and ethnic militias, must know it’s nowhere near victory. It recently came close to losing control of Myawaddy, one of the country’s biggest cities, at a key location on the border with Thailand. Many areas are outside its control.
Zionism is Broken
- Inter Press Service
ATLANTA, Georgia, Jul 03 (IPS) - Zionism is broken. It is finished as a political philosophy and cannot long survive. Having earned the visceral opposition of multitudes of people and countries around the world for engaging in vast overkill in Gaza, that historical reality will likely become clear to the Israeli people over time.
US Arms Suppliers in Gaza Killings Should be Named, Shamed & Boycotted
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 03 (IPS) - The US gun lobby justifies the unfettered American gun ownership in the US on a misguided premise: Guns don’t kill people, it’s bullets that kill people.
The accusations of genocide and war crimes in Gaza have been directed firstly, at Israel, for the killings of more than 37,700, mostly civilians, and over 86,000 injured, in retaliation for the 1,200 killed by Hamas last October, according to estimates from Gaza health officials, as cited by Cable News Network (CNN) last week.
Pottery Barn Rules for Gaza
- Inter Press Service
ATLANTA, Georgia, Jul 01 (IPS) - The rule at Pottery Barn is “You break it, you bought it.” It should be for Israel as well. The Netanyahu government’s eight-month long bombing campaign in Gaza, nearly half of the strikes by 2,000 lb. “dumb” or unguided bombs, has destroyed a high percentage of housing units in the territory.
Haiti: Longing to live again, amid trauma of displacement
- UN News
Two women from the troubled Carrefour-Feuilles neighborhood in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince have shared their traumatic experiences of rape, contracting HIV, and despairing thoughts of suicide, after multiple forced displacements amid widespread gang violence.
Nuclear Coercion: Dangerous and Illegal
- Inter Press Service
OAKLAND, California / PRAGUE, Czech Republic / YOKOHAMA, Japan, Jun 28 (IPS) - Our three organizations - Western States Legal Foundation, Peace Depot, and Basel Peace Office - all dedicated to the elimination of nuclear weapons, have consistently expressed our concern about the risk of nuclear war escalating during armed conflicts and times of high tension, when nuclear-armed states often make veiled or even explicit threats to use nuclear weapons and prepare for such use.
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