Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 553
Analysis: Mass Rapes and the Future of U.N. Darfur Mission
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 16 (IPS) - The future of the U.N. African Union Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) could depend largely on determining what exactly happened in the town of Tabit in Northern Darfur at the end of October last year.
Maimed by Conflict, Forgotten by Peace: Life Through the Eyes of the War-Disabled
- Inter Press Service
MANNAR, Sri Lanka, Feb 16 (IPS) - It is a hot, steamy day in Sri Lanka's northwestern Mannar District. Mid-day temperatures are reaching 34 degrees Celsius, and the tarred road is practically melting under the sun.
Israel’s Obsession for Monopoly on Middle East Nuclear Power
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 13 (IPS) - As the Iranian nuclear talks hurtle towards a Mar. 24 deadline, there is renewed debate among activists about the blatant Western double standards underlying the politically-heated issue, and more importantly, the resurrection of a longstanding proposal for a Middle East free from weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
Nepali Children in Dire Need of Mental Health Services
- Inter Press Service
SURKHET, Nepal, Feb 13 (IPS) - On the night of Aug. 14, 2014, 10-year-old Hari Karki woke up to his grandfather's loud yelling in the family's home in Paagma, a small village in east Nepal.
“Drastic Decline” Seen in World Press Freedom
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 13 (IPS) - A leading advocacy group warns of a "worldwide deterioration in freedom of information" last year.
Marshall Islands Nuclear Proliferation Case Thrown Out of U.S. Court
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 12 (IPS) - A lawsuit by the Marshall Islands accusing the United States of failing to begin negotiations for nuclear disarmament has been thrown out of an American court.
U.N. Touts 2015 as Milestone Year for World Body
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 11 (IPS) - The United Nations, in a sustained political hype, is touting 2015 as a likely breakthrough year for several key issues on its agenda - primarily development financing, climate change, sustainable development, disaster risk-reduction and nuclear non-proliferation.
Mass Rapes Reported in Darfur as Conflict Escalates
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 11 (IPS) - More than 200 Darfurian women were reportedly raped by Sudanese troops in one brutal assault on a town in October 2014, with the conflict in war-torn Darfur escalating to new heights.
Rural Towns in El Salvador Join “War Tourism” Trend
- Inter Press Service
EL PAISNAL, El Salvador, Feb 10 (IPS) - The memory of a priest killed shortly before civil war broke out in El Salvador is so alive in this small town that it is now the main attraction in a community tourist initiative aimed at providing employment and injecting money into the local economy.
OPINION: This Is Going to Hurt Me More Than It Hurts You
- Inter Press Service
SEATTLE, Washington, Feb 07 (IPS) - "Enhanced interrogation": the George W. Bush administration bureaucrats who coined the term had perfect pitch. The apparatchiks of Kafka's Castle would have admired the grayness of the euphemism. But while it sounds like some new kind of focus group, it turns out it was just anodyne branding for good old-fashioned torture.
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