Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 577
Neo-Cons, Hawks Fail to Gain Traction on Iraq
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 21 (IPS) - Despite their ubiquity on television talk shows and newspaper op-ed pages, neo-conservatives and other hawks who propelled the U.S. into war in Iraq 11 years ago are falling short in their efforts to persuade the public and Congress that Washington needs to return.
Conflicts in Syria and Iraq Raising Fears of Contagion in Divided Lebanon
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Jun 20 (IPS) - With jihadists leading a Sunni uprising against Iraq's Shiite-dominated government, the conflicts in Syria and Iraq are beginning to reverberate across the region, raising fears of contagion in divided Lebanon where a suicide bombing took place on Friday after a period of calm.
South Sudan’s Wildlife Become Casualties Of War and Are Killed to Feed Soldiers and Rebels
- Inter Press Service
, Jun 17 (IPS) - While South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and his former deputy Riek Machar agreed last week to end the country's devastating six-month conflict by forming a transitional government within the next two months, it may come too late for this country's wildlife as conservation officials accuse fighters on both sides of engaging in killing wild animals to feed their forces.
Turkey’s Kurdish Problem Likely to Worsen After ISIS Gains in Iraq
- Inter Press Service
ANKARA, Jun 16 (IPS) - Eighteen months after a ceasefire between the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and Turkey's security forces took effect, clouds of trouble are gathering in the country's south-east.
Mosul Refugees Victims of "Victory of the Revolution”
- Inter Press Service
KHAZAR, Iraq, Jun 15 (IPS) - "People with long beards and dressed like Afghans broke into our neighbourhood after they had bombed it. We were lucky to escape from that nightmare," Aum Ahmad, a46-year-old woman from Mosul – 400 km northwest of Baghdad – told IPS from the recently set up Khazar refugee camp, 25 km east of the besieged city.
Survivors of Sexual Violence Deserve More Than Just Talk
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jun 13 (IPS) - "States must make concrete commitments to enable and protect women human rights defenders, so that they can safely and securely carry out their work in support of victims of sexual and gender-based violence," Amnesty International told the Global Summit on Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict that wound up Friday in London.
U.N. Releases Guidelines on Reparations for Victims of Sexual Violence
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 (IPS) - When sexual violence - whether against men, women or children - takes place in United Nations peacekeeping missions worldwide, the world body has been quick to single out the perpetrators and expel them back to their home countries.
Ghost of the LTTE Flickers in Malaysia
- Inter Press Service
SINGAPORE, Jun 12 (IPS) - The recent arrest and deportation from Malaysia of three Sri Lankan Tamils on U.N. refugee status, under suspicion of trying to revive the disbanded Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), has raised questions about regional security and minority politics.
Future of Peace Talks in Colombian Voters’ Hands
- Inter Press Service
, Jun 11 (IPS) - Colombians will basically decide Sunday whether to continue the five decade counterinsurgency war or persevere in the attempt to negotiate a political solution to the conflict, in order to allow the children being born this year to experience what their parents have never known: a country at peace.
Syria’s Twin Jihads
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Jun 05 (IPS) - The war in Syria has brought back to the forefront the concept of ‘jihad', with tens of thousands of fighters currently waging what they believe to be a religious war there.
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