Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 584
Obama Seeks to Reassure Anxious Asians on “Rebalance”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 22 (IPS) - As he embarks Tuesday on a major trip through East Asia, U.S. President Barack Obama will be focused on reassuring anxious – albeit sometimes annoying – allies that Washington remains determined to deepen its commitment to the region.
South Sudan Dictates Media Coverage of Conflict
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, Apr 18 (IPS) - As rebel forces loyal to South Sudan's former vice president Riek Machar declared on Tuesday Apr. 15 that they had captured the key oil town of Bentiu, the government has been accused of clamping down on local media in an attempt to influence the reporting on the conflict.
COLUMN: Gabriel García Márquez, the Story-Teller of the Country of the War Without End
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Apr 18 (IPS) - The first time I read Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014) was when I was proofreading the galleys of "The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor", which the Editorial Sudamericana was getting ready to reprint in Argentina.
Afghanistan Turns a Political Corner
- Inter Press Service
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Apr 17 (IPS) - The Afghanistan presidential election is turning out to be a tale of two narratives. But the more positive and democratic one could be winning the day.
Russian Law Corners Drug Users
- Inter Press Service
KIEV, Apr 16 (IPS) - As local authorities prepare to put an end to opioid substitution treatment (OST) programmes in the newly annexed Crimean peninsula, drug users there say they are being forced to choose between a return to addiction and becoming refugees.
Court Upholds Most of U.S. “Conflict Minerals” Law
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 15 (IPS) - The United States' second-highest court has upheld most of a landmark U.S. law requiring companies to ascertain and publicly disclose whether proceeds from minerals used to manufacture their products may be funding conflict in central Africa.
Conflict Fuels Child Labour in India
- Inter Press Service
KANKER, India, Apr 15 (IPS) - Early in the morning, 14-year-old Sumari Varda puts on her blue school uniform, but heads for the village pond to fetch water. "I miss school. I wish I could go back," she whispers, scared of being heard by her employer.
Emerging Nations Opt for Arms Spending Over Development
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 14 (IPS) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who has relentlessly advocated drastic cuts in global military spending in favour of sustainable development, will be sorely disappointed by the latest findings in a report released Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
World Cuts Back Military Spending, But Not Asia
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 14 (IPS) - For the second year in a row, the world is spending a little less on the military. Asia, however, has failed to get the memo. The region is spending more at a time when many others are spending less.
Taliban Back On The Scene
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Apr 13 (IPS) - Mushfiq Wali, a 22-year-old shoemaker, loves watching films in the local Pashto language. But he says the Taliban are a killjoy: their bomb attacks have led to the closure of movie theatres, again. "They don't spare anything that brings happiness."
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