RIGHTS-US: New Activist Network Slams Growing Abuses Under Bush

Key U.S. civil liberties and social justice groups marked International Human Rights Day Wednesday by launching a new "U.S. Human Rights Network" dedicated to raising awareness about international human rights standards and focusing attention on the U.S. failure to enforce them.

POLITICS-U.S.: The Realists Rally

After two years of dominating U.S. foreign policy, are unilateralist hawks in the administration of President George W. Bush losing power to the so-called realists whom they have long disdained?

POLITICS: Gaps Surface over the Atlantic

Attempts to bridge transatlantic rifts between the European Union and the United States have failed so far this week in spite of efforts by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell.

POLITICS-U.S.: Thinkers Launch Anti-Empire Drive

Representatives of a new coalition of prominent foreign-policy scholars and analysts whose political views range from right to centre-left announced here Thursday they hope to spearhead opposition to the imperial policies pursued by the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush.

POLITICS: U.S. Livid at U.N. Resistance to Iraq Resolution

At a closed-door meeting of the 15-member Security Council last week, a visibly frustrated Western diplomat expressed his anger at Secretary-General Kofi Annan's decision to virtually reject a new U.S.-sponsored resolution on Iraq because it fell short of expectations.

POLITICS: Report Urges U.S., NATO to Rethink New Nuke Policy

Important non-proliferation treaties are threatened by a renewed interest in nuclear weapons programmes on the part of the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), says a new report released Tuesday.

POLITICS: U.S. to Cut More Aid to Global Court’s Backers in 2004

Countries that refuse to exempt U.S. citizens and soldiers from the jurisdiction of the new International Criminal Court (ICC) could lose almost 90 million dollars in military aid from the United States in fiscal year 2004, which begins today.

WTO-CANCUN: EU Considers Ending the Multilateral Way

Pascal Lamy, European Union Trade Commissioner has called on the EU to review its commitment to multilateral trade talks following the collapse of the trade ministers' meeting in Cancun last weekend.

WTO-CANCUN: ‘Mixed Feelings’ About The Debacle

Activists from non-governmental organisations and media representatives from around the world celebrated the collapse of the world trade talks Sunday, but senior diplomats and trade officials expressed "mixed feelings".

POLITICS-U.S.: Unilateralists Plunge Back to Earth

It was always only a matter of time, but who would have predicted that the steep unilateralist trajectory on which neo-conservative and right-wing hawks set U.S. foreign policy two years ago would lose momentum so quickly after Washington's stunning military victory in Iraq in early April?

LATIN AMERICA: Iraq Question Causes New Divisions in Region

Mexico, a member of the U.N. Security Council, is calling for the end of the U.S.-led military occupation of Iraq, while fellow member Chile is keeping a low profile, and three Central American governments are sending soldiers to the zone of conflict.

POLITICS: N. Korean Attack on US Diplomat Spotlights Ultra-Hawk

To the North Koreans, he is ''rude human scum'' and a ''bloodthirsty vampire''.

POLITICS: Will the U.N. Bail Out Bush?

Make no mistake: U.S. President George W. Bush is in very big trouble.

POLITICS: Britain, EU Likely to Contest Trials of Guantanamo Prisoners

Washington's announcement Friday that six of its foreign captives in the U.S. "war on terrorism" are eligible to be tried before military tribunals - where they could potentially be given the death penalty - appears likely to annoy some of its strongest allies, especially Britain.

POLITICS-CARIBBEAN: Leaders Seek United Front on U.S. Retaliation

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders opened their annual summit in the Jamaican resort city of Montego Bay on Wednesday faced with a decision by the United States to blacklist Caribbean states that refused to exempt U.S. citizens from possible prosecution under the International Criminal Court (ICC).

RIGHTS: U.S. Punishes 35 Countries for Signing Onto Int’l Court

Raising its war against the International Criminal Court to a new level, the administration of President George W. Bush Tuesday cut off military aid to 35 friendly countries in retaliation for their support of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and refusal to exempt U.S. soldiers from the ICC's jurisdiction.

POLITICS: U.S. Wins Vote but Loses Stature on ICC

Do you want the International Criminal Court or our help in renovating your airport?

POLITICS-U.S.: Pentagon Moving Swiftly to Become ‘GloboCop’

Much like its successful military campaign in Iraq, the Pentagon is moving at seemingly breakneck speed to re-deploy U.S. forces and equipment around the world in ways that will permit Washington to play ''GloboCop'', according to a number of statements by top officials and defence planners.

POLITICS-AMERICAS: Powell Assails Cuba at OAS Assembly

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke out against the Cuban government Monday during the 33rd general assembly of the Organisation of American States (OAS), and he insinuated that differences with some Latin American countries about the Iraq war are a thing of the past.

POLITICS: U.S. Looks to Renew Exemption from World Criminal Court

Civil society groups are urging member states of the U.N. Security Council to reject Washington's upcoming request to exempt all its soldiers and officials from the jurisdiction of the new body for a second straight year.

POLITICS-U.S.: Why Do More of Them Hate Us More?

After the Sep. 11, 2001 al-Qaeda attacks on New York and the Pentagon, the big question here was, ''Why Do They Hate Us?''