Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 610
Nairobi Attack Exposes Flawed U.S. Terror Policies
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 24 (IPS) - In the aftermath of the worst terror attack in East Africa in three years, foreign policy scholars here are urging the U.S. government to rethink its counter-terror policy in the region.
Kenya Forces Mount Assault to End Mall Siege
- Inter Press Service
, Sep 23 (IPS) - Heavy and sustained gunfire has been heard from the Nairobi mall where the Al-Qaeda-linked Somali Islamist rebel group Al Shabab are holed up, holding an unknown number of civilians hostage.
Israel Silent on Chemical Weapons
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Sep 23 (IPS) - "Does Israel have chemical weapons too?" is the question posed by the U.S. publication Foreign Policy, citing a newly uncovered CIA document from 1983 which alleged that Israel is likely to have developed such weapons.
Philippines Struggles With Muslim Rebels
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Sep 23 (IPS) - With the administration of Philippines President Benigno Aquino III devoting much of its political capital to resolving the conflict in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, which has claimed around 150,000 lives over decades, many came to believe in the genuine possibility of a new era of stability and economic prosperity in the region.
Terrorists Rob Somalia of Healthcare
- Inter Press Service
MOGADISHU, Sep 23 (IPS) - Maryan Yusuf, 39, is weak and barely able to speak because of her excruciating pain. A few hours earlier she delivered a baby at Somalia's Afgooye Hospital, where essential drugs are dwindling at an alarming rate.
It's Afghanistan Again in a Turkish Town
- Inter Press Service
CEYLANPINAR, Turkey, Sep 21 (IPS) - People run back home at dusk, just when the shooting intensifies. To Sha Mehmed the experience is familiar. He was 11 when he left his native Afghan village to settle in this small Turkish town on the border with Syria.
Hard Times for Iran Hawks
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 21 (IPS) - Just three weeks ago, Washington's hawks, particularly of the pro-Israel neo-conservative variety, were flying high, suddenly filled with hope.
Heading Somewhere in Europe, Somehow
- Inter Press Service
ATHENS, Sep 20 (IPS) - While the relentless war in Syria continuously adds to the number of refugees travelling west to Europe, Greece is fast becoming a nation they are choosing to avoid.
Watchdog Body Will Oversee Private Military Contractors
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 19 (IPS) - Member governments, security companies and civil society organisations on Thursday formally created the first international body to be tasked with the monitoring and oversight of private military contractors' adherence to human rights standards and international law.
Q&A: Congolese Wrongly Branded as "Pathological"
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19 (IPS) - Western analysts all too often take a distorted and reductionist approach to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), says Kai Koddenbrock, who analysed more than 50 policy papers for a study published in the journal International Peacekeeping in November 2012.
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