News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 552

  1. All-Out War in Libya Predicted without Further Peace Talks

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    UNITED NATIONS, Feb 26 (IPS) - Libya is teetering on the edge of all-out war, with a brutal stalemate and misery for civilians predicted unless a recent minor diplomatic breakthrough can be built upon.

  2. Despite U.N. Treaties, War Against Drugs a Losing Battle

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Feb 26 (IPS) - As the call for the decriminalisation of drugs steadily picks up steam worldwide, a new study by a British charity concludes there has been no significant reduction in the global use of illicit drugs since the creation of three key U.N. anti-drug conventions, the first of which came into force over half a century ago.

  3. Human Rights in Asia and the Pacific: A “Regressive” Trend, Says Amnesty International

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (IPS) - The cradle of some of the world's most ancient civilizations, home to four out of the planet's six billion people, and a battleground for the earth's remaining resources, Asia and the Pacific are poised to play a defining role in international affairs in the coming decade.

  4. Syria's "Barrel Bombs" Cause Human Devastation, Says Rights Group

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Feb 24 (IPS) - The warring parties in the brutal four-year-old military conflict in Syria, which has claimed the lives of over 200,000 civilians and triggered "the greatest refugee crisis in modern times," continue to break every single pledge held out to the United Nations.

  5. At the Margins of a Hot War, Somalis Are ‘Hanging on by a Thread’

    - Inter Press Service

    NEW YORK, Feb 24 (IPS) - After twin suicide bombings at a popular Mogadishu hotel last week that killed 25 and wounded 40, news reporters were seen swarming through the city, spotlighting the victims, the assassins, the motives and the official response.

  6. Can Nepal’s TRC Finally Bring Closure to its War Survivors?

    - Inter Press Service

    KATHMANDU, Feb 24 (IPS) - The picture of Muktinath Adhikari, principal of Pandini Sanskrit Secondary School in the Lamjung district of west Nepal who was killed during the country's decade-long civil conflict, became an iconic portrayal of the brutality of the bloody ‘People's War'.

  7. Report Cries out on Behalf of Iraqi Women

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Feb 20 (IPS) - Iraqi women continue to be subject to physical, emotional and sexual violence, according to a new report by Minority Rights Group International and Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights.

  8. America and the Middle East after the Islamic State

    - Inter Press Service

    WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (IPS) - As the Congress ponders President Barack Obama's request for an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) to fight the Islamic State (ISIS or IS), American policymakers must focus on the "morning after" before they embark on another potentially disastrous war in the Levant.

  9. The Two Koreas: Between Economic Success and Nuclear Threat

    - Inter Press Service

    SEOUL, Feb 18 (IPS) - The two Koreas are an odd match – both are talking about possible dialogue but both have different ideas of the conditions, and that difference comes from the 62-year-old division following the 1950-53 Korean War.

  10. Sri Lanka Gets Temporary Reprieve Over U.N. Report on War Crimes Charges

    - Inter Press Service

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