Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 613
Afghans Caught Between Terror and Corruption
- Inter Press Service
HERAT, Afghanistan, Sep 10 (IPS) - The threat to the stability of the Hamid Karzai government in Afghanistan arises not so much from outside as from within. And the one thing that is eating into its edifice is the malaise called corruption.
Russia Throws Obama a Life Preserver on Syria
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 10 (IPS) - With President Barack Obama facing increasingly certain defeat in his quest for Congressional authorisation to carry out military strikes against Syria, the Russian government Monday appeared to offer the White House a way out of the crisis.
U.N. Inspection a Figleaf to Justify Air Strike on Syria
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 09 (IPS) - The United Nations, which has remained deadlocked over Syria, is in danger of being craftily exploited to justify the impending air strike on Damascus.
Obama's Case for Syria Didn't Reflect Intel Consensus
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 09 (IPS) - Contrary to the general impression in Congress and the news media, the Syria chemical warfare intelligence summary released by the Barack Obama administration Aug. 30 did not represent an intelligence community assessment, an IPS analysis and interviews with former intelligence officials reveals.
Where a Moustache Can Mean Life or Death
- Inter Press Service
ALI SARAY, Iraq, Sep 07 (IPS) - "The soul needs to reincarnate a thousand times before becoming one with god," says Rajab Assy Karim from Ali Saray, 190 kilometres north of Baghdad. Iraq is full of ‘shortcuts' to the ultimate, and several seem to pass through this tiny desert village.
Obama Increasingly Isolated on Syria Military Action
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 06 (IPS) - With a week of intense lobbying behind him, U.S. President Barack Obama looks increasingly beleaguered - both at home and abroad - in his effort to rally support for a military strike against Syria to punish its government for its alleged Aug. 21 chemical-weapons attack outside Damascus.
U.N. Urges Culture of Peace amid Rising Sectarian Strife
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 06 (IPS) - Against the backdrop of widespread sectarian violence in Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt and Syria - and rising xenophobia and Islamophobia in Western Europe and the United States - the United Nations hosted its second high-level forum on the "culture of peace".
OP-ED: Syria Has Become Iran’s Vietnam – Let’s Help It Escape
- Inter Press Service
MANAMA, Bahrain, Sep 06 (IPS) - As if the Iran nuclear issue was not already difficult enough, it became even more complicated when Bashar al-Assad unleashed his chemical weapons across Damascus suburbs last month. Suddenly, the Syria issue is overshadowing all other factors concerning Iran.
Somalia's Fractures Getting Hard to Heal
- Inter Press Service
MOGADISHU, Sep 06 (IPS) - The system of government remains the biggest political obstacle in Somalia as key political players boycotted the government's current national conference to discuss this country's political future, according to Jaylani Mukhtar, a local academic based in capital Mogadishu.
Syria Crisis Yet to Derail Iran Nuclear Talks
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 05 (IPS) - Even with potential U.S. strikes against Iranian ally Syria looming, Washington and Tehran appear to be preparing for the resumption of nuclear talks.
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