Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 562
Children in Aleppo Forced Underground to Go to School
- Inter Press Service
ALEPPO, Nov 06 (IPS) - Winter has not yet hit this nearly besieged city, but children are already attending classes in winter coats and stocking hats.
Journalists Silenced as Killers Walk Free
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 04 (IPS) - A new report published by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) shows that nine out of 10 cases of journalist killings go unpunished.
OPINION: The Irresistible Attraction of Radical Islam
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Nov 03 (IPS) - The Oct. 23 attack on the Canadian Parliament building by a Canadian who had converted to Islam just a month earlier should create some interest in why an increasing number of young people are willing to sacrifice their lives for a radical view of Islam.
Growing Up Among the Dead
- Inter Press Service
SEREKANIYE, Syria, Nov 03 (IPS) - The walls of the Association for the Martyrs of Serekaniye are covered with the portraits of those fallen in combat in this northern Syrian town. Ali Khalil has buried everyone and each of them with the help of Diar, his 13-year-old son.
OPINION: Rivalry Between Sunnis and Shiites Has Deep Roots
- Inter Press Service
OXFORD, Nov 02 (IPS) - When the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) suddenly emerged in Iraq, it declared as one of its first targets the Shiites and what it called the Safavids. The Safavid dynasty (1501-1736) was one of the most powerful Iranian dynasties after the Islamic conquest.
OPINION: The Pentagon Comes Up Short on Climate
- Inter Press Service
Fredericksburg, VIRGINIA, Nov 01 (IPS) - The Pentagon recently released a new report sounding the alarm on the national security threats posed by climate change. Like previous reports on the subject, this one makes clear that Department of Defence (DoD) planners believe that global warming will seriously challenge our nation's military forces.
Another Women's Treaty? Implement Existing One, Say NGOs
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 (IPS) - Can violence against women be prevented or eliminated with a new international treaty signed and ratified by the 193 member states of the United Nations?
Iraqi Christians Seek Shelter in Jordan after IS Threats
- Inter Press Service
AMMAN, Oct 31 (IPS) - Watching videos and pictures on social media of the advance of the Islamic State (IS) inside Syria made it all seem far from reality to Iraqi Marvin Nafee.
They Say the Land is ‘Uninhabited’ but Indigenous Communities Disagree
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO/BALI, Oct 30 (IPS) - Disregarding the rights of indigenous people to their traditional lands is costing companies millions of dollars each year, and costing communities themselves their lives.
Democracy is “Radical” in Northern Syria
- Inter Press Service
AMUDA, Syria, Oct 28 (IPS) - There was never anything particularly remarkable about this northern town of 25,000. However, today it has become the lab for one the most pioneering political experiments ever conducted in the entire Middle East region.
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