Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 573
Will Climate Change Lead to Conflict or Cooperation?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 04 (IPS) - The headline of every article about the relationship between climate change and conflict should be "It's complicated," according to Clionadh Raleigh.
Former War Zone Drinking its Troubles Away
- Inter Press Service
DHARMAPURAM, Aug 03 (IPS) - Back in the day when the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ran a de-facto state in Sri Lanka's Northern Province, alcohol consumption was closely monitored, and sternly frowned upon.
In Pakistan, Militants Wear Aid Workers’ Clothing
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Aug 01 (IPS) - Muhammad Tufail, a 22-year-old resident of Mardan, one of 26 districts that comprise Pakistan's northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, has recently become a volunteer aid worker.
Cameroon’s Muslim Clerics Turn to Education to Shun Boko Haram
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDE, Jul 31 (IPS) - Motari Hamissou used to get along well with his pupils at the government primary school in Sabga, an area in Bamenda, the capital of Cameroon's North West Region.
In the past, Hamissou also lived in peace with his neighbours. No one was bothered by his long, thick beard or the veil his wife, Aisha Hamissou, wore, or the religion they followed.
Is Europe’s Breadbasket Up for Grabs?
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 30 (IPS) - Amidst an exodus of some 100,000 people from the conflict-torn eastern Ukraine, ongoing fighting in the urban strongholds of Donetsk and Luhansk between Ukrainian soldiers and separatist rebels, and talk of more sanctions against Russia, it is hard to focus on the more subtle changes taking place in this eastern European nation.
Israel Lobby Galvanises Support for Gaza War
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 30 (IPS) - Pro-Israel activists assembled a huge crowd and a long list of congressional leaders and diplomats to declare their unconditional support for Israel's military operations in the Gaza Strip on Monday, largely downplaying tensions between Jerusalem and Washington.
Ticking Diplomatic Clock a Cover for Israeli Assaults on Gaza
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 29 (IPS) - As the death toll in Gaza keeps climbing - and charges of alleged war crimes against Israel keep mounting - the most powerful political body at the United Nations remains ineffective, impotent and in a state of near paralysis.
OPINION: How to End the Gaza War
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 29 (IPS) - As the killing and destruction rages on in Gaza, and as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Hamas leadership exchange recriminations and threats, key regional and world players must accept a central truism: No peace can be achieved between Israel and the Palestinians without including Hamas. The quicker they internalise this fact, the faster the cycle of violence can be broken.
In Turbulent Iraq, Children Bear the Brunt of War
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 28 (IPS) - As the ambulance stopped in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk, people rushed in to help. They unloaded six children, from several months to 11 years old, all injured allegedly by an air attack in the neighbouring town of Tuz Khurmatu.
OPINION: The Affinity Between Iraqi Sunni Extremists and the Rulers of Saudi Arabia
- Inter Press Service
LEIDEN, Netherlands, Jul 27 (IPS) - Which story line sounds the more credible – that linking the rebel movement ISIS (the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) to policies pursued by Iran or that linking the Sunni extremist force to Iran's adversary Saudi Arabia?
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