Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 629
Unravelling the Civil War Propaganda
- Inter Press Service
KABUL, May 16 (IPS) - Western fears of a civil war in Afghanistan are growing ahead of the scheduled pullout of international troops in 2014. However, experts here say the situation on the ground is not comparable to either 1988, when the Soviets withdrew from the country, or the mujahideen's rise to power in 1992, which plunged the country into civil war.
Fears of Rebel Infiltration of DR Congo Army
- Inter Press Service
GOMA, DR Congo, May 16 (IPS) - The "blind and unrestricted" reintegration of M23 deserters into the Congolese army could harm the country, according to Thomas d'Aquin Mwiti, the chair of the North Kivu civil society platform, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
At Political Rally, Serbian Church Crosses Sensitive Line
- Inter Press Service
BELGRADE, May 16 (IPS) - The influential Serbian Orthodox Church publicly crossed a line recently when two of its top clergymen took part in a Belgrade rally with messages amounting to direct threats against the lives of government officials.
U.N. General Assembly Condemns Syria as Sceptics Multiply
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 15 (IPS) - When the 193-member General Assembly voted Wednesday to condemn the beleaguered government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, there was an increase in the number of sceptics who neither supported nor opposed the tottering regime in Damascus.
Syrian Attacks on Health Care System 'Terrorising Population'
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 14 (IPS) - Humanitarian assistance groups in Washington are warning that the health care system has become a deliberate target in the increasingly brutal civil war in Syria, presenting major challenges to addressing the humanitarian and refugee crises spurred by the conflict.
Nuclear Iran Can Be Contained and Deterred: Report
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 14 (IPS) - While preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is preferable, the United States could successfully contain a nuclear Iran, according to a new report released here Monday by the Center for a New American Security, an influential think tank close to the administration of President Barack Obama.
Despite Peaceful Withdrawal, PKK-Turkey Peace Remains Uncertain
- Inter Press Service
ANKARA, May 13 (IPS) - The peaceful withdrawal from Turkey of combatants from the Kurdistan's Workers Party (PKK) began last Wednesday but is already at risk of being compromised following a twin car bomb explosion on Saturday afternoon. The terrorist attack in Rayhanli in the Syrian border province of Hatay caused 46 civilian deaths and at least 155 injuries.
CIA Drone Strikes on Trial in Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 11 (IPS) - Adding fuel to a long-simmering dispute between the U.S. and Pakistan, a Peshawar High Court declared CIA drone strikes illegal on Thursday, referring to such attacks in Pakistan's tribal belt as "war crime(s)".
Israeli Attacks on Syria Escape Security Council Scrutiny
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 10 (IPS) - Israel, which has launched three air strikes inside Syria since January this year, has escaped scrutiny or condemnation by a Security Council which remains sharply divided.
Skyping the Way to Victory, to Avoid Taliban
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, May 10 (IPS) - If you can't beat them, at least innovate. That seems to be the lesson that Pakistan's Awami National Party (ANP) has drawn from its predicament.
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