Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 578
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.
A Common Vision – The Abolition of Militarism
- Inter Press Service
SARAJEVO, Jun 05 (IPS) - On this Friday, June 6, people from all corners of the world gather here in Sarajevo, Bosnia, to explore a plethora of ideas on the road forward to a world in peace.
Russia May Seek to Emphasise Peace Broker Role in Mideast
- Inter Press Service
MOSCOW, Jun 05 (IPS) - As the Palestinian unity government announced June 2 receives a cautious welcome from many world leaders, Russia's support for the new body is providing the Kremlin with an opportune platform to pursue its foreign policy ambitions and strengthen its domestic ideology.
Palestinian Unity Causing Political Ripples in Washington
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 05 (IPS) - The announcement this week of a new Palestinian unity government was greeted with cautious optimism by most of the world, outside of Israel. In the United States, however, it set off political rumblings that threaten to swell into a storm.
The Train of Palestinian Reconciliation Reaches One More Station
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Jun 04 (IPS) - The formation of a new Palestinian government between Fatah and Hamas announced on Monday is an important station on the path to reconciliation, "but there still many stations to be reached before achieving real unity based on partnership among all Palestinians."
Israel in Political Isolation Over New Palestinian Government
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 04 (IPS) - The United States' decision to "work with" the new Palestinian government has virtually isolated Israel: the only country so far to have publicly rejected the political alliance between Fatah and Hamas.
Arab Publics Prefer Light U.S. Footprint, Even in Syria
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 03 (IPS) - In contrast to some of their leaders, people across the Arab world prefer President Barack Obama's efforts to reduce Washington's military footprint in the Middle East to the approach favoured by neo-conservatives and other U.S. hawks, according to the latest in a series of surveys of Arab public opinion released here Tuesday.
U.S. Corporate Conflict Minerals Reports “Historic” But Incomplete
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 03 (IPS) - For the first time, nearly 1,300 U.S. companies have filed reports on whether the products they manufacture or sell are made with minerals that have bankrolled conflict in the Great Lakes region of central Africa.
Let Colombia End Its Civil War
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 03 (IPS) - After half a century, Colombia may put an end to its conflict—if the U.S. will allow it.
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