Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 650
A Third Intifada on the Horizon?
- Inter Press Service
HEBRON, Occupied West Bank, Dic 19 (IPS) - A new Palestinian group called the National Union Battalions (NUB), comprising Palestinians from across the political spectrum, has called for a third Palestinian uprising or Intifada. Simultaneously, Israeli intelligence is warning that conditions on the ground in the West Bank are ripe for another Palestinian revolt.
Ahead of Mali Resolution, Worries Grow over Military Intervention
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 18 (IPS) - Even as U.S. and French officials suggest that a United Nations resolution on military intervention in Mali could come by the end of the week, concerns are rising that such action could do far more harm than good.
Rate of U.S., Russian Nuclear Disarmament “Slowing”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 17 (IPS) - Although the United States and Russia have massively reduced their collective number of nuclear weapons since the heyday of the Cold War, the rate of that reduction is slowing, the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) warned Monday.
Ceasefire Means 'Nothing' to Gaza Fishers
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Dic 17 (IPS) - Shortly after Israel and Hamas signed a ceasefire agreement on Nov. 21, the Israeli navy abducted 30 Palestinian fishers from Gaza's waters, destroyed and sank a Palestinian fishing vessel, and confiscated nine fishing boats in the space of four days.
Remittances Soothe the Scourge of Militancy
- Inter Press Service
PESHWAR, Pakistan, Dic 16 (IPS) - Fifty-nine-year-old Sherdil Shah, a resident of South Waziristan – a hotbed of militancy in northern Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) – used to run a modest grain shop that fetched enough money to keep his family of 10 well-fed and looked after.
Kashmiri Separatists Scrabble for Political Relevance
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, Dic 15 (IPS) - Amid growing scepticism among Kashmiri people that the separatist leadership has lost relevance in the region's fast-changing political landscape, the All Parties Hurriyat (Freedom) Conference – an alliance of separatist political parties and religious and social groups - is making a Herculean effort to reclaim some relevance in this disputed region.
Washington Struggles for Relevance as Assad’s Fall Approaches
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 14 (IPS) - This week, the United States officially recognised the newly-formed National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces as the legitimate representatives of the Syrian people, culminating a two-year process of legitimising the Syrian opposition with the U.S. government.
Civil War on the Egyptian Horizon
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Dic 14 (IPS) - Egypt is facing its worst political crisis since the January 2011 revolution ousted former dictator Hosni Mubarak, with analysts warning of a possible civil war. Furthermore, unlike during the revolution, opposition to the current regime is bitterly divided between Islamists and more secular Egyptians.
War Widows Struggle in a ‘Man’s World’
- Inter Press Service
DHARAN, Nepal/KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka, Dic 13 (IPS) - Sita Tamang's husband went missing sometime in 2004, two years before Nepal's civil war came to an end. A native of Dharan, a town about 600 kilometres southeast of Kathmandu, Tamang waited seven years after his disappearance before she tried to claim compensation offered by the government after the 2006 peace deal ended this country's bloodshed.
Major Study Suggests Crimes Against Humanity in Sudan
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 12 (IPS) - Reporting on the results of a two-year investigation, on Wednesday the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch presented findings that suggest that the Sudanese government's aerial bombardment of civilians in the country's south could amount to crimes against humanity.
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