Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 581
Nigeria’s Boko Haram Begins to Destabilise Cameroon
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDE, May 13 (IPS) - Senior defence officials say that Cameroon has been infiltrated by Nigeria's Islamist extremist group Boko Haram and there are fears that this central African nation, known for its stability, is drifting into chaos.
Kremlin’s International Policies Could Mean Russian Brain Drain
- Inter Press Service
MOSCOW, May 13 (IPS) - As Russia faces harsh sanctions and growing international isolation over its annexation of Crimea and support of separatists in eastern Ukraine, economists and sociologists are warning that the Kremlin's international policies may fuel a potentially devastating brain drain.
Eyewitness to Nuke Explosion Challenges World Powers
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 12 (IPS) - When the Foreign Minister of Marshall Islands Tony de Brun addressed a nuclear review Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) meeting at the United Nations last month, he asked whether anyone in the room had witnessed a nuclear explosion.
In Syria, Life Goes On Despite Everything
- Inter Press Service
DAMASCUS, May 12 (IPS) - On a weekday afternoon, the Old City of Damascus heaves with people, cars, motorcycles, bikes. Markets are crowded with locals bartering with merchants for the heaps of spices, flowery perfumes, clothing, and most things one needs, abundant in the Hamidiyah market.
El Salvador’s New Government to Inherit Hot Potato of Gang Truce
- Inter Press Service
SAN SALVADOR, May 10 (IPS) - When left-wing president-elect Salvador Sánchez Cerén takes office in El Salvador on Jun. 1, he will find big cracks in the truce between street gangs brokered by the outgoing administration, which has brought crime rates down in the past two years.
New Gestures to Opposition Unlikely to Change U.S. Syria Policy
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 07 (IPS) - Despite new gestures of support for the Syrian opposition, the administration of President Barack Obama is unlikely to change its longstanding policy of restraining U.S. involvement in the country's more than three-year-old civil war, according to experts here.
Gaps Remain in U.N. WMD Resolution
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 07 (IPS) - The United Nations claims that a key Security Council resolution adopted unanimously back in 2004 has been instrumental in keeping weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) from the hands of terrorists and insurgent groups worldwide.
OP-ED: We Must Stand Up in Defence of Nigeria's Abducted Schoolgirls
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 07 (IPS) - Today more than 200 schoolgirls will wake up to another day in an unthinkable nightmare. Three weeks ago, they were seized in the night by armed men dressed as soldiers who said they were there to protect them.
Palestinians Take the Tough Path Towards Unity
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, May 06 (IPS) - The nascent move for reconciliation between the Fatah party in the West Bank and Hamas which rules the Gaza Strip could change the balance in the Middle East – if it were to proceed and deliver as promised.
U.N. Probe Chief Doubtful on Syria Sarin Exposure Claims
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 06 (IPS) - The head of the U.N. team that investigated the Aug. 21, 2013 Sarin attack in the Damascus suburbs, Ake Sellstrom, is doubtful about the number of victims of the attack reported immediately after the event.
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