By Dr. Hanif Hassan Al Qassim * GENEVA, Sep 21 2017 (IPS) – The pursuit of international peace and security has been on the agenda of international decision-makers ever since the establishment of the League of Nations on 10 January 1920. There has been a constant ambiguity about…
Scott* – The Nation On the fast train from Brussels to Paris a few years ago, I met a young woman from the Philippines who was taking a weekend holiday from her job in Belgium to visit France for the first time. As the train entered the outskirts of Paris, she turned to me and…
By Jessica Stern * UNITED NATIONS, Sep 20 2017 (IPS) – On September 18 and 19, US President Donald Trump addressed world leaders at the opening of the 72nd Session of the General Assembly in New York. Time and time again, President Trump has threatened to curtail the United…
PADDOCK and HANNAH BEECH – The New York Times NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar — Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and de facto leader of Myanmar, stood before a room of government officials and foreign dignitaries on Tuesday to at last, after weeks of international urging…
Dani McClain – The Nation You could be forgiven for thinking the movement has gone quiet. But you’d be wrong.
By Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen* NEW YORK, Sep 18 2017 (IPS) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), by virtue of its position of being the second largest international organization outside the UN system with 57 member countries comprising one fifth of the world…
Blow* – The New York Times That was only one in a string a tweets on Sept. 11 by ESPN host Jemele Hill in which Hill goes on to say that Trump is “the most ignorant, offensive president of my lifetime,” that he hired and courted white supremacists, that “His rise is a direct…
ANALYSIS , Shishir Gupta – Hindustan Times, New Delhi The international community has questioned Myanmar for the Rohingya crisis but has forgotten the bloody contribution of Pakistan-based jihadist groups to this catastrophe The UN Security Council has criticised the Myanmar…
By Nik Sekhran* UNITED NATIONS, Sep 15 2017 (IPS) – The United Nations, governments, civil society, business, thought leaders and media will gather in New York on September 17 to celebrate the winners of the Equator Prize 2017. The 15 prize winning communities successfully…
Opinion, Greg Sargent* – The Washington Post THE MORNING PLUM: Barely a few hours after Democrats announced that they had reached a tentative deal with President Trump on protecting the “dreamers,” Trump unleashed a steaming-hot morning tweetstorm that seemed to suggest that…
