Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 672
Israeli Soldiers Show No Mercy to Palestinian Children
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Aug 26 (IPS) - In a hamlet of the occupied West Bank, the testimony goes, Israeli troops chase a Palestinian child. “He was about two metres away – the company commander cocked his weapon in his face...The kid fell on the ground, crying and begging for his life.”
“Justice Fallen to the Wayside” in South Sudanese County
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, Aug 25 (IPS) - South Sudanese soldiers are allegedly beating and torturing civilians in the midst of a disarmament campaign in Jonglei state, and many have been unable to access justice because of a lack of prosecutors and judges, according to the United Nations and Human Rights Watch.
Syrian Crisis Brings a Blessing for Kurds
- Inter Press Service
GIRKE LEGE, Syria, Aug 24 (IPS) - The smuggler wants 200 dollars but Jewan negotiates him down to 100. That’s still a lot for this 26-year-old Syrian Kurd, but he can hardly wait to cross the border to Syria from Iraq. It’s been three years since he last saw his family.
In Israel, Opposition to Attacking Iran Gains Upper Hand
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (IPS) - The ambitions of a unilateral Israeli strike on Iran, as harboured by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Ehud Barak, have been defeated by internal opposition, a growing number of observers have come to believe in the wake of dramatic opposing statements by prominent Israeli leaders, including President Shimon Peres.
Washington’s War Drums Drown out Opportunities for Peace in Syria
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 23 (IPS) - As violence in Syria spikes after a short lull, the prospect of international military intervention appears to be growing by the day. Earlier this week, almost exactly one year after President Barack Obama first called on Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad to step down, Obama warned of "enormous consequences if we start seeing movement on the chemical weapons front or the use of chemical weapons".
Palestinians Live on the Edge in New Libya
- Inter Press Service
TRIPOLI, Aug 23 (IPS) - Just before the overthrow of the Gaddafi regime one year ago, Huda and her Palestinian family were forcefully evicted from their Tripoli home.
Q&A: U.S. Should Encourage NATO-Led Assistance to Syrian Opposition
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (IPS) - Intervention in Syria was "only a matter of time", wrote Emile Nakhleh in February in the Financial Times. Seven months later, the fighting and divisions within Syria continue to worsen. Now, a diplomatic solution is no longer possible, Nakhleh, a retired CIA analyst, believes.
Death of Ethiopian Leader Meles Brings 'Opportunity for Peace'
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (IPS) - Following Monday’s announcement of the death of long-time Ethiopian leader Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian civil society leaders and Western rights groups are characterising the turn of events as an opportunity to heal decades of increasingly stark sectarianism.
U.S. Passes New Rules Regulating Conflict Minerals
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (IPS) - After a 16-month delay, a U.S. government regulator charged with investment oversight has voted on rules that will now govern U.S.-listed companies operating in the extractive industry as well as those that use minerals whose sale may fuel violence in other countries, particularly in central Africa.
Northern Iraq Instead of Syria: Turkish Army’s New Target?
- Inter Press Service
ANKARA, Aug 20 (IPS) - With attacks by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) multiplying and spreading to a larger number of Turkish provinces, Ankara is under increasing pressure by nationalistic parties to take tougher measures against Kurdish activism, including a full-blown land incursion by the Turkish armed forces into northern Iraq.
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