Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 665
Q&A: Guatemala’s Bold Attorney General Makes a Dent in Impunity
- Inter Press Service
GUATEMALA CITY, Sep 25 (IPS) - Since Claudia Paz y Paz Bailey became attorney general in Guatemala in 2010, a string of crimes involving military personnel who fought leftwing guerrillas, drug traffickers and organised crime have been cleared up.
Nobel Laureate Calls for Armed Intervention in Nigeria
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 25 (IPS) - On the International Day of Peace, Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka visited the United Nations - and called for armed intervention against the terrorist group Boko Haram in his home country of Nigeria.
U.N. Chief Jabs Media for Overblown Coverage of Hate Crimes
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 24 (IPS) - When the United Nations commemorated International Day of Peace last week, the celebrations were marred by news of widespread rage in the Islamic world, a continued bloody civil war in Syria, suicide bombings in Iraq and Afghanistan and violent demonstrations in Pakistan, Indonesia and Bangladesh against a video caricaturing the Prophet Muhammad.
Libyan Islamists Cornered, Not Quietened
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Sep 24 (IPS) - It could be premature to believe that the storming of Islamist militia bases by Benghazi citizens on Friday could spell the end for Libya’s Islamist militants. Just as it was premature to claim when moderate Libyan political parties took the majority of votes during the July elections that Libya had bucked the Islamist trend sweeping the region.
Assad and Opposition Both Losing
- Inter Press Service
ALEPPO, Syria, Sep 23 (IPS) - Two floors have been ripped from the top of an apartment block in Aleppo in northern Syria. A lone man stands amidst the rubble four stories up after a missile from one of his own government’s fighter jets smashed into the building that morning. With his arms crossed, the solitary figure surveys the destruction around him.
A Lake of Hope and Conflict
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, Sep 22 (IPS) - Parvez Ahmad Dar climbs three hours to reach the hilltop, generator-equipped tourist centre in Ajaf village, 35 kilometres from Srinagar, to recharge his mobile phone.
Reluctant Farewell to Arms in Côte d’Ivoire
- Inter Press Service
ABIDJAN, Sep 22 (IPS) - In his black boots and green fatigues – complete with arm patches bearing the name of the national army, Forces Republicaines de Côte d’Ivoire – Ousmane Kone looked every bit the soldier as he stood guard over an electricity and water distribution company one Tuesday afternoon in Abidjan.
U.S. to Take Iran Anti-Regime Group Off Terrorism List
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 22 (IPS) - In a move certain to ratchet up already-high tensions with Iran, the administration of President Barack Obama will remove a militant anti-regime group from the State Department’s terrorism list, U.S. officials told reporters here Friday.
New Generation of Arab Leaders to Address World Body
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 21 (IPS) - When world leaders heading politically shaky authoritarian regimes lead their country’s delegations on overseas visits or attend international conferences, including the annual U.N. General Assembly sessions in September, there is always a lingering fear of either an insurrection or an attempted military coup back home.
Growing Public Discontent with Turkish Syria Policy
- Inter Press Service
ANKARA, Sep 21 (IPS) - Public approval of the Turkish government’s foreign policy has reached its lowest point - a mere 18 percent - in the past decade, according to a poll released here this week that showed only 18 percent of respondents said they favoured Ankara’s handling of the escalating sectarian violence in neighbouring Syria.
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