News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 554

  1. Sri Lanka Seeks U.S.-U.N. Backing for Domestic Probe of War Crimes Charges

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Feb 06 (IPS) - Sri Lanka's newly-installed government, which has pledged to set up its own domestic tribunal to investigate war crimes charges, is seeking political and moral support both from the United States and the United Nations to stall a possible international investigation.

  2. Battling Terrorism Shouldn’t Justify Torture, Spying or Hangings, Says U.N. Rights Chief

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Feb 05 (IPS) - The United Nations, which is the legal guardian of scores of human rights treaties banning torture, unlawful imprisonment, degrading treatment of prisoners of war and enforced disappearances, is troubled that an increasing number of countries are justifying violations of U.N. conventions on grounds of fighting terrorism in conflict zones.

  3. Kurdish Civil Society Against Use of Arms to Gain Autonomy

    - Inter Press Service

    DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Jan 29 (IPS) - A rupture inside the movement for the creation of an independent state of Kurdistan has given new impetus to the voices of those condemning the use of weapons as the way to autonomy.

  4. Conflict-Related Displacement: A Huge Development Challenge for India

    - Inter Press Service

    KOKRAJHAR, India, Jan 29 (IPS) - The tarpaulin sheet, when stretched and tied to bamboo poles, is about the length and breadth of a large SUV. Yet, about 25 women and children have been sleeping beneath these makeshift shelters at several relief camps across Kokrajhar, a district in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam.

  5. Marginalised Groups Struggle to Access Healthcare in Conflict-Torn East Ukraine

    - Inter Press Service

    KIEV, Jan 28 (IPS) - With international organisations warning that East Ukraine is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe as its health system collapses, marginalised groups are among those facing the greatest struggle to access even basic health care in the war-torn region.

  6. U.S. Ally Yemen in Danger of Splitting into Two - Again

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Jan 28 (IPS) - When North and South Yemen merged into a single country under the banner Yemen Arab Republic back in May 1990, a British newspaper remarked with a tinge of sarcasm: "Two poor countries have now become one poor country."

  7. Three Minutes Away from Doomsday

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Jan 23 (IPS) - Unchecked climate change and the nuclear arms race have propelled the minute hand of the Doomsday Clock forward two minutes closer to midnight, from its 2012 placement of five minutes to midnight.

  8. Fighting Extremism with Schools, Not Guns

    - Inter Press Service

    KARACHI, Jan 21 (IPS) - As a wave of outrage, crossing Pakistan's national borders, continues a month after the Dec. 16 attack on a school in the northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, some citizens are turning away from collective expressions of anger, and beginning the hard work of building grassroots alternatives to terrorism and militancy.

  9. From Bullets to Ballots: The Face of Sri Lanka’s Former War Zone

    - Inter Press Service

    VAVUNIYA, Sri Lanka, Jan 20 (IPS) - In four months' time, Sri Lanka will mark the sixth anniversary of the end of its bloody civil conflict. Ever since government armed forces declared victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on May 19, 2009, the country has savored peace after a generation of war.

  10. OPINION: After the Terrorist Attacks in Paris

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 (IPS) - What happened in Paris on Jan. 7 – known all over the world – is totally unacceptable and inexcusable.

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