Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 589
Q&A: Women Hold the Key to Peace in DRC
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Mar 12 (IPS) - Ireland's former President Mary Robinson has been working hard to include women from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Great Lakes Region in the regional peacebuilding process. Because without their involvement, she says, peace and security in the region will be unrealistic.
Senate Committee, CIA in Brawl over Torture Inquiry
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 12 (IPS) - An ongoing battle between the Democratic chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) over reports about the agency's "enhanced interrogation" practices during the George W. Bush administration has escalated sharply.
U.S. Oil Firm Creates Tension over Western Sahara
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 11 (IPS) - Even as U.S. and Moroccan executives meet to discuss strengthening private sector ties between the two countries, advocacy groups are raising concerns about plans by a U.S. energy firm to explore for oil in the contested territory known as Western Sahara.
Russian Arms to Egypt Threaten to Undermine U.S. in Mideast
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 11 (IPS) - Russia, which is at loggerheads with Washington over the spreading political crisis in Ukraine, is threatening to undermine a longstanding military relationship between the United States and one of its traditional allies in the Middle East: Egypt.
What We Can Learn from Child Soldiers
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 10 (IPS) - In 2003, Moses Otiti, a 15-year-old from Uganda, was walking in a group with his father when members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) ambushed them.
Gazans Find Tuneful Resistance
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Mar 09 (IPS) - Like almost everyone else in Gaza, these six are angry about the Israeli-imposed blockade and the resulting misery. Except, that they are expressing their anger through music –without the music itself sounding angry.
The Standoff in Ukraine (and in Washington)
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 06 (IPS) - As the fate of Ukraine hangs in the balance, U.S. politicians from both parties have been scrambling to take advantage of the crisis.
Russians Back Crimea Action, They’d Better
- Inter Press Service
MOSCOW, Mar 06 (IPS) - Elena Smolenskaya doesn't hesitate a second when asked what she thinks about the Russian military intervention in Crimea. The 23-year-old Moscow student is convinced that President Vladimir Putin had no choice but to order troops into the country.
U.N. Struggles for Relevancy in Ukraine Crisis
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 05 (IPS) - When the crisis in Ukraine moved into the august chambers of the Security Council last week, it was virtually dead on arrival.
Crimea Faces a ‘Frozen Conflict’
- Inter Press Service
KIEV, Mar 04 (IPS) - Crimea could remain under Russian control indefinitely as the current crisis - described by some politicians as Europe's gravest since the end of the Cold War – threatens to turn into a "frozen conflict", experts say.
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