Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 661
Q&A: “A Stable, Lasting Peace Treaty for Colombia Will Take Time"
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Oct 15 (IPS) - As peace talks between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrillas are about to start in Oslo, the possible participation of rebel leader Simón Trinidad, in prison in the United States, has not yet been decided.
UN Envoy to Syria Calls for Eid Ceasefire
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Oct 15 (IPS) - The U.N.-Arab League envoy has called for a ceasefire in Syria during the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, as the revolt against the Syrian government enters its 20th month with a death toll of more than 33,000.
Purveyors of Death Flourish in Spain During Crisis
- Inter Press Service
MÁLAGA, Spain, Oct 15 (IPS) - At the height of the economic and financial crisis, the Spanish government is promoting the export of weapons, creating concern among civil society organisations that say commercial interests are prevailing over the law and human rights.
Syria Stands Between Egypt and Iran
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Oct 15 (IPS) - The election of the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi to the presidency this summer was followed by a flurry of conjecture that the restoration of Egyptian-Iranian diplomatic relations – frozen since 1979 – was in the offing. Yet despite some initial indications to this effect, local analysts now say such speculation appears to have been premature.
Caged in the Great City
- Inter Press Service
AR-RAM, Occupied East Jerusalem, Oct 15 (IPS) - Ali Shuruf turns on the lights, that shine into a gaudy living room. Beyond the window, the dominant colour is uniformly grey: the house stands literally against a wall. Not just any wall – the infamous eight-metre cement wall separates Palestinians from Israelis.
The Key to Damascus Could Lie at the Borders
- Inter Press Service
MASHEREE AL-QA'A, Lebanon-Syria Border, Oct 14 (IPS) - A group of six men listen as voices crackle through a walkie-talkie. They are sitting in a farmhouse in the north of Lebanon less than a kilometre from the Syrian border. The sound of gunfire and shelling in the distance sporadically punctuates the atmosphere. One of the group returns to the room after taking a telephone call. “Good news from the battle,” he exclaims with a smile.
Israel Gives U.S. Election Company
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Oct 12 (IPS) - The timing of Benjamin Netanyahu’s call for early elections is no coincidence. The incumbent Prime Minister’s strategy is to receive the Israeli public’s renewed confidence as a new U.S. president takes office, thus making himself immune to U.S. pressure as the debate on how to deal with Iran’s nuclear programme enters a critical phase.
Girls Determined to Fight Guns With Books
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Oct 12 (IPS) - Shazia Begum, one of three girls injured in the attack on the Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai says the Taliban had sought to silence a very influential schoolgirl.
New Threats, Same Old U.S. Hegemony
- Inter Press Service
PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay, Oct 11 (IPS) - Although it admits that it cannot be a long-term solution, Washington insists on strengthening the armed forces in Latin America, to confront “new threats,” including citizen insecurity. But activists argue that it is only another means of maintaining control over the region.
Tribal War Simmers in Libya’s Desert
- Inter Press Service
ZWEILA, Southern Libya, Oct 11 (IPS) - A group of Tabu fighters with mud-splattered trucks rest on the outskirts of Zweila, a small historic slave-trade stop in Libya’s southwest Sahara.
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