Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 532
Investigators Dismiss Mexican Government’s Official Story on Missing Students
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 07 (IPS) - A group of independent investigators has roundly dismissed the Mexican government's claims that the 43 students who went missing in the southwestern city of Iguala last fall were burned to ashes in a garbage dump, reigniting an international outcry against the disappearance and heaping pressure on the government to provide answers to families of the victims.
Opinion: Nuclear States Do Not Comply with the Non-Proliferation Treaty
- Inter Press Service
OXFORD, Sep 05 (IPS) - Article Six of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) makes it obligatory for nuclear states to get rid of their nuclear weapons as part of a bargain that requires the non-nuclear states not to acquire nuclear weapons. Apart from the NPT provisions, there have been a number of other rulings that have reinforced those requirements.
Opinion: Iran and the Non-Proliferation Treaty
- Inter Press Service
OXFORD, Sep 04 (IPS) - Iran's nuclear programme has been the target of a great deal of misinformation, downright lies and above all myths. As a result, it is often difficult to unpick truth from falsehood.
European Residents Offer Support, Homes to Refugees
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 03 (IPS) - As the migration crisis in Europe continues to grow and government response remains slow, European citizens have taken it upon themselves to act by opening up their homes to those in need.
Europe Invaded Mostly by “Regime Change” Refugees
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 03 (IPS) - The military conflicts and political instability driving hundreds of thousands of refugees into Europe were triggered largely by U.S. and Western military interventions for regime change – specifically in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria (a regime change in-the-making).
Opinion: Can Nuclear War be Avoided?
- Inter Press Service
GÖTEBORG, Sweden, Sep 03 (IPS) - The Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons had as members former leading politicians or military officers, among others a British Field Marshal, an American General, an American Secretary of Defence and a French Prime Minister.
Killing of Aid Workers Threatens Humanitarian Response in Yemen
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 02 (IPS) - With 21 million Yemeni civilians caught in the grips of a conflict that has been escalating since March, the killing of two local aid workers Wednesday could worsen their misery, as a major humanitarian organisation considers the future of its operations in parts of the war-torn country.
Despite Treaty, Conventional Arms Fuel Ongoing Conflicts
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 01 (IPS) - Despite last year's Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), the proliferation of conventional weapons, both legally and illegally, continues to help fuel military conflicts in several countries in the Middle East and Africa, including Syria, Iraq, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Libya and Yemen.
Health Officials Warn of Dengue Outbreak in War-Torn Yemen
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 01 (IPS) - An outbreak of dengue fever in Yemen's most populated governorate has prompted urgent calls from the World Health Organisation (WHO) for a "humanitarian corridor" to facilitate the flow of medicines to over three million civilians trapped in the war-torn area.
Europe Squabbles While Refugees Die
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 30 (IPS) - As tens of thousands of refugees continue to flee conflict-ridden countries, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria, Western European governments and international humanitarian organisations are struggling to cope with a snowballing humanitarian crisis threatening to explode.
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