By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Aug 2019 (IPS) – When Yassir Arafat was denied a US visa to visit New York to address the United Nations back in 1988, the General Assembly defied the United States by temporarily moving the UN’s highest policy making body to Geneva– perhaps for…
By Lakshi De Vass Gunawardena UNITED NATIONS, Aug 2019 (IPS) – Being fluent in a world language is a desirable skill in modern day society. However, some languages are suffering and in danger of extinction — namely those of the indigenous peoples. “There are between 6,000 and…
Simon Jenkins* – The Guardian If I were a Scot I’d vote for independence tomorrow. This crisis is Nicola Sturgeon’s opportunity I hope Scotland and Nicola Sturgeon realise how much they may yet owe Boris Johnson. If I were a Scot, I would vote for independence tomorrow.
By Nadia Batok* Washington ceremony marks 70th anniversary of NATO on April 3, 2019. The seventieth anniversary of the Washington Treaty, the founding document of NATO, represents more than just a historical moment for commemorating NATO’s past, but also an opportunity to…
By Sarah Saadoun* – Newsweek There is a bitter irony to the White House’s newly released economic development plan for the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Titled “Peace to Prosperity,” the plan was devised by Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, along…
By Fernando Ayala* – Wall Street International Magazine The former Soviet republic returns to its origins at the hand of China In Uzbekistan, in the heart of central Asia, is the mythical Samarkand, whose name is associated with a beautiful love story and is one of the oldest…
By François Delattre* – The New York Times My experience at the United Nations Security Council over the last five years has led me to see a harsh truth: The world is growing more dangerous and less predictable by the day. While the tectonic plates of power are shifting under…
By Fernando Ayala* – Wall Street International Magazine And where millions will keep walking… until a new Berlin Conference It all started in Africa. It all started in Ethiopia. It all started with Lucy.
Nadia Batok* Although it is ungrateful to speak of a complicated history in the Balkans, it is necessary to mention some important facts in order to understand a complicated situation, because the history of this region has different truths depending on who writes it. As I…
By Randy Boyagoda* – The New York Times A country once split by ethnic hatreds is now a target for Islamic terrorism. TORONTO — The series of suicide attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, which has left nearly 300 dead and hundreds injured, are more than…
