Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 624
Border Weakens Between Bombs and Cherries
- Inter Press Service
KIBBUTZ EIN ZIVAN, Israeli-Occupied Golan Heights, Jun 19 (IPS) - It all happened within ten days – Syria's civil war fought metres away from Israeli orchards abutting the ceasefire line; Austrian peacekeepers hastily evacuating the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) that separates Israel from Syria; fears of a total collapse of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF). All while the cherry-picking season is at its peak.
U.S.-Taliban Talks Set to Begin
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 19 (IPS) - Nearly 12 years after the United States ousted the Taliban from power, the White House announced Tuesday that the United States will begin formal talks with the militant Islamist group in Qatar later this week as part of Afghanistan's national reconciliation process.
Colombia, the United States, and Montesquieu
- Inter Press Service
ALFAZ, Spain, Jun 18 (IPS) - The United States and Colombia are the leaders in mental anxiety in the Americas.
Both have good reasons: Colombia has witnessed the longest lasting violence in any contemporary country: from 1949, with some interruptions, then on again from 1964 with the notorious guerilla group, the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia).
The Taliban Torches a Lifeline
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jun 18 (IPS) - The United States is laying meticulous plans ahead of its 2014 withdrawal from Afghanistan, but it has clearly overlooked how its continued drones strikes on the tribal areas of neighbouring Pakistan will affect the much-anticipated pullout.
Kurds Advance, Into the Unknown
- Inter Press Service
GIRKE LEGE, Syria, Jun 18 (IPS) - A ban on political and even social gatherings, a bar on Kurdish language and culture; uprooting people, forced disappearances and a ‘caste' of hundreds of thousands of local Kurds deprived of citizenship... life for Kurds in pre-war Syria was probably as dire as it is today for their kin in Iran.
Fatwas Heighten Sectarian Tensions in Syria Conflict
- Inter Press Service
, Jun 16 (IPS) - Saudi Arabian religious scholars are leading an increasingly vocal chorus of Islamic preachers who are urging Muslims and Arabs to support Syrian rebels against what they say are atrocities at the hands of Iran-backed Shiite forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Despite Arms Announcement, U.S. Syria Strategy Remains Unclear
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 14 (IPS) - Despite Thursday's announcement that President Barack Obama has decided to provide direct military assistance to Syrian rebels, what precisely the administration has in mind remains unclear.
Former War Zone Craves Democracy
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Jun 14 (IPS) - For the first time since Sri Lanka's 30-year-long civil conflict drew to a bloody finish in May 2009, casting an eerie hush over the Northern Province that had grown accustomed to the sounds of war, there is a buzz in the air generated by the prospect of provincial elections that hold the promise of radical change.
Obama to Increase "Scope and Scale" of Aid to Syrian Rebels
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 14 (IPS) - Declaring that U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against rebel forces, the White House announced Thursday that it will increase "the scope and scale" of assistance it has been providing to the opposition, including direct support to its military arm.
Coming Out in Droves Against Drones
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jun 13 (IPS) - Though the constant hum of unmanned aerial vehicles flying overhead makes a strong case for staying indoors, residents of Pakistan's North Waziristan Agency are emerging in droves from their humble homes, some no bigger than huts constructed from mud and stones.
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