Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 659
U.S. Impatient with African Response to Northern Mali Conflict
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 02 (IPS) - Despite growing western concerns about the continuing reign in northern Mali by an Al Qaeda-linked group, analysts here say it will take months before conditions could be ripe to oust it from the region, by military force if necessary.
Tribal Wars Threaten South Sudan Again
- Inter Press Service
YUAI, South Sudan, Oct 31 (IPS) - The huge Russian-made helicopter descended slowly towards conical mud huts clustered together and surrounded by endless grassland, lush and green with the season’s rains here in the South Sudanese village of Yuai.
Algeria Skips the Spring of Discontent
- Inter Press Service
ALGIERS, Oct 31 (IPS) - As the Arab Spring continues to rage across the Middle East and North Africa, the gaze of the international media has largely passed over a country that was once known for its restive population, its long and bloody decolonisation struggle and revolutionary zeal.
Indonesia's Blood-Soaked Chapter Still Open
- Inter Press Service
JAKARTA, Oct 27 (IPS) - If the caste system existed in Indonesia the 10 elderly people who live in Jakarta's Kramat Street would surely be untouchables: for decades they and their families have been banned from jobs and access to education and, until 2005, their identity cards marked them as former political prisoners.
Q&A: Severe Birth Defects Soar in Post-War Iraq
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 26 (IPS) - A new study confirms what many Iraqi doctors have been saying for years – that there is a virtual epidemic of rare congenital birth defects in cities that suffered bombing and artillery and small arms fire in the U.S.-led attacks and occupations of the country.
Q&A: ‘Baloch Groups to Unite Against Pakistan’
- Inter Press Service
SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, Oct 26 (IPS) - Fighters in the Balochistan province of Pakistan will soon set up a common front to take on the Pakistani military in their fight for Baloch independence, a senior commander of the Balochistan Liberation Front tells IPS in an interview.
‘Malala’s Cause Is Our Cause’
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Oct 24 (IPS) - Less than two weeks after being left for dead by the Taliban, Malala Yousafzai is standing up on her own two feet.
U.S.: Greater Middle East Dominates the Last Debate
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (IPS) - U.S. strategy in the Greater Middle East, which has dominated foreign policy-making since the 9/11 attacks more than 11 years ago, similarly dominated the third and last debate between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney Monday night.
U.S.: 50th Anniversary of Cuban Missile Crisis Offers Lessons for Iran
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (IPS) - It was exactly 50 years ago when then-President John F. Kennedy took to the airwaves to inform the world that the Soviet Union was introducing nuclear-armed missiles into Cuba and that he had ordered a blockade of the island - and would consider stronger action - to force their removal.
Violence Arising From Madrassas
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 22 (IPS) - The increasing numbers of religious schools is being cited as the main reason behind violent protests in the northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan.
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