Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 675
Families of ‘Little Boy’ and ‘Fat Man’ Victims Still Struggling
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Aug 11 (IPS) - Sachiko Masumura (79) was standing just two kilometres away from the hypocentre of Little Boy, the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan over six and a half decades ago.
Mexican Victims of Violence Take Aim Against U.S. Firearms
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Aug 11 (IPS) - “The United States should stop producing so many weapons, which cause us so much harm. That country also suffers from so much violence, as billions of dollars go into manufacturing guns.”
U.S. Denies Consensus with Israel on Iran Nuclear Threat
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (IPS) - Tensions rose Thursday between the Barack Obama administration and the Israeli government when a leading Israeli official claimed to have knowledge of U.S. intelligence that portrays Iran as a more immediate threat than Washington has been saying.
Back Home With Help and Hope
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Aug 10 (IPS) - Thousands who fled their homes in the Taliban-led violence over the past three years have now returned to rebuild their lives, and their homes.
Humanity Should Not Live Under Nuclear Threat
- Inter Press Service
BARCELONA, Aug 09 (IPS) - Now that the war in Iraq is considered ‘over’, another major goal of Israel has come into view: attacking Iran on the pretext that it may possibly be working on a nuclear weapon - though Pakistan, China, and India definitely already have them.
Syrian Forces Launch Ground Assault in Aleppo
- Inter Press Service
DOHA, Qatar, Aug 08 (IPS) - The Syrian army has launched a ground assault on the northern city of Aleppo, sparking fierce clashes with opposition fighters in the frontline district of Salaheddine.
Persecuted Libyans Struggle to Be Heard
- Inter Press Service
TRIPOLI, Aug 08 (IPS) - Pregnant women miscarrying due to mistreatment, detainees mainly from sub-Saharan Africa denied adequate food and water. Small cells crammed with 80-100 detainees subjected to arbitrary justice by Libya’s volatile militias, politically persecuted Somalis forcibly repatriated to Mogadishu, and hundreds of boat people dying trying to flee Libya for a better life in Europe.
Colonised by the Arabs, Abandoned by the World
- Inter Press Service
TIZI OUZOU, Aug 07 (IPS) - Untamed stone villages line up over imposing green valleys. In winter they are white with snow. The luckiest have a view to the deep blue sea. "It’s gorgeous, isn’t it," says Amzi from his yellow cab. "Nobody would say we’re living in an open-air prison."
High-Level Defections, Escalating Violence Mark New Phase of Syrian Uprising
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 06 (IPS) - As government security forces continue a week-long siege of Aleppo, Syria’s second-largest city, high-ranking Syrian officials have begun to defect from the regime in record numbers.
Holy Sites Hold Fast to Status Quo
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Aug 06 (IPS) - “With our spirit, with our blood, we’ll redeem you, O Noble Sanctuary!” the veiled teenagers fervently sing in unison in honour of the Muslim Holy month of Ramadan. Israeli police officers in uniform and full battle gear sit unimpressed under pine trees; others patrol the compound.
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