GlobalGoodNews 15 August 2014 The international chemical weapons watchdog says that all the precursor chemicals for sarin gas removed from Syria have been destroyed. The 580 tonnes of chemicals were neutralized on board a specially built American ship in the Mediterranean Sea. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons [...]

Amy Goodman and journalist Glenn Greenwald on Democracy Now! 13 August 2014 "We discuss the situation in Iraq with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald. In a recent article for The Intercept, "U.S. 'Humanitarian' Bombing of Iraq: A Redundant Presidential Ritual," Greenwald reviews news headlines related to U.S. military action in Iraq over [...]

By Liam Barrington-Bush and Jen Wilton for openDemocracy 11 July 2014 In the south of Spain, the street is the collective living room. Vibrant sidewalk cafes are interspersed between configurations of two to five lawn chairs where neighbours come together to chat over the day's events late into the night. [...]

By Heidi Green for The Global Coalition for Conflict Transformation Can creating formal youth policies actually make a difference for a country in regards to reducing conflict? Through analyzing the 2014 Global Peace Index’s report ranking of countries from most peaceful to least peaceful, and comparing it with the State of YouthPolicies 2014 [...]

Posted on August 11 2014 by RBC For this year’s observance of International Youth Day, the United Nations wants to help lift the veil that keeps young people locked in a chamber of isolation and silence. The barriers can be overwhelming, particularly in countries where the issue of mental health is [...]

By Athili Sapriina, Rotary Peace Fellow at the University of Queensland, Australia. Published on Rotary Blog. Friday August 8th 2014 Rotary Peace Fellow, Athili Sapriina, gives a personal account of his efforts and passion in protecting the rights of indigenous peoples: The three million Nagas are indigenous peoples of the [...]