Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 639
Low Expectations Colour Obama's Israel Trip
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 19 (IPS) - With Barack Obama set to travel on his first trip to Israel as president, expectations for a major breakthrough on the long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian "peace process" are low to nonexistent.
China Outsells UK in World's Lucrative Arms Bazaar
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 18 (IPS) - After ranking ahead of Japan as the world's second largest economy, China has reached another milestone: displacing the UK as the world's fifth largest arms supplier.
Taliban Victims Seek Support
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Mar 18 (IPS) - People disabled through bomb and suicide attacks by the Taliban in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and the nearby Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province are seeking support for themselves, and demanding strict action against the Taliban.
U.N. Meet on Women Wrangles Consensus to Address Violence
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 18 (IPS) - In her opening speech for the world's largest conference on ending violence against women and girls, Michelle Bachelet summoned the spirit of 15-year old Malala Yousafzai, who's skull was shattered on Oct. 9, 2012 by a Taliban bullet.
Food Policies Failing the World's Hungry
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 16 (IPS) - The world's food security remains "vulnerable", new data suggests, with some 870 million people experiencing sustained hunger and two billion suffering from micronutrient deficiencies.
Colombia’s Peace Process Sans Chávez
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, Mar 15 (IPS) - Late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez played a key role in the current attempt to negotiate peace in Colombia. Along with Cuban President Raúl Castro, he confidentially urged the FARC guerrillas to agree to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos's secret proposal for peace talks.
Local Communities Forced to Pay Salaries of DRC Army and Rebels
- Inter Press Service
GOMA, Mar 15 (IPS) - On the way to his fields, Denise Mambo, a resident of Kitshanga, North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, stops at a rope laid across his path.
Peace Laureate Obama Urged to Back Arms Trade Treaty
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 14 (IPS) - Eighteen Nobel Peace Prize recipients called Thursday for President Barack Obama to take a leadership role in supporting a "historic" internationally binding agreement that would regulate the global arms trade, including instituting a strict ban on arms sales to states involved in egregious human rights abuses.
Afghanistan Faces “Massive Economic Constriction” after U.S. Withdrawal
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 14 (IPS) - Next year's drawdown of U.S. forces and decline in U.S. aid will leave in its wake an Afghan political system lacking legitimacy and stability, according to interviews with Afghanistan experts, news reports and congressional studies.
U.S. Claims No Indefinite Detention at Guantánamo
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 13 (IPS) - In unusual public testimony, the U.S. government has publicly stated that no "indefinite detention" is taking place among detainees at the military prison in Guantánamo Bay.
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