Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 607
Money Transfer System Used to Arm Militants in Kenya
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Oct 16 (IPS) - Arms are being transferred from Somalia into Kenya through hawala, an unregulated and traditional Somali transfer system that works with a network of agents, according to immigration officials and hawala brokers here.
BOOKS: Containing Iran Is the "Least Bad Policy" for U.S.
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (IPS) - The day that a much-heralded new round of talks between Iran and the P5+1 Western powers opens on Iran's nuclear programme might seem the wrong day to pick up Unthinkable, Ken Pollack's new exploration of what to do if talks fail.
Tamils Get Some Symbolic Power
- Inter Press Service
DHARMAPURAM, Sri Lanka, Oct 14 (IPS) - True democracy at last or a toothless tiger propped up to appease unfavourable international opinion? As Sri Lanka's Northern Province got its first council after an election last month, many in this South Asian island nation were mulling this conundrum.
Kurds Build Bridges At Last
- Inter Press Service
DERIK, Syria, Oct 13 (IPS) - After fleeing the war three months ago, Gulnaz is headed back for Syria to bury her brother within the 24 hours Islam stipulates. But it is far from easy to take the coffin across the Syrian-Iraqi border.
Mystery Attackers Hit Sinai
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Oct 12 (IPS) - A period of more than three months since former president Mohamed Morsi's ouster by Egypt's powerful military establishment have been marked by almost daily attacks on Egyptian security personnel, especially in the restive Sinai Peninsula. The identity of the attackers remains a mystery.
Israeli Claim of Iranian ICBM Exploits Biased U.S. Intel
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (IPS) - In an effort to provoke any possible opposition in U.S. political circles to a nuclear deal with Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has returned to exploiting an old claim that Iran is building intercontinental ballistic missiles that could hit the United States.
Swat Not at Peace With Malala
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 11 (IPS) - Back in Swat Valley in Pakistan where she comes from, Malala Yousafzai who had been tipped to win the Nobel peace prize this year, has not only left behind more girls in school now than there were a year ago but also large numbers of people who are now distanced – and even hostile – to her.
Nobel Laureate Fights African Pullout from Global Court
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 10 (IPS) - South Africa's Desmond Tutu, the 1984 Nobel Peace prize laureate, has launched a global campaign to stop African nations from abandoning the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC).
U.S. Suspends More Military Aid to Egypt, Arousing Scepticism
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (IPS) - The administration of President Barack Obama announced Wednesday it was freezing hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to the Egyptian military pending "credible progress" toward a return to democratic rule.
Syrians Struggle with a Life of Sorts
- Inter Press Service
IDLIB/ALEPPO Provinces, Syria, Oct 09 (IPS) - Free Syrian Army fighters stand guard over the state cable company premises to avoid looting in Khan Al-Assal, a district 14 kilometres west of Aleppo. Much of the rest of the place seems a nightmarish ghost town.
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