Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 676
Palestinian Bubble Set to Burst
- Inter Press Service
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Aug 05 (IPS) - “It will collapse, and the collapse will be harder when it happens later,” says Tareq Sadeq, Palestinian economist and professor at Birzeit University, about the financial bubble building up in the Palestinian Authority government.
TURKEY: Caught Between Syria’s Kurds and a Hard Spot
- Inter Press Service
ISTANBUL, Aug 04 (IPS) - In a display of muscle-flexing, Turkish tanks this week carried out military exercises on the Syrian border, just a few kilometres away from towns that Syrian Kurds had seized from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces.
An Unconventional Road to Peace
- Inter Press Service
MAE SOT, Thailand, Aug 03 (IPS) - In a country where talk of a ceasefire brings representatives from 11 different armed ethnic groups to the table, Myanmar’s chief peace negotiator, Railway Minister Aung Min, is experimenting with an unusual solution to decades of separatist struggles.
Pakistan Says Goodbye to Refugees Not Leaving
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Aug 03 (IPS) - Pakistan faces increased international pressure to extend the stay of Afghan refugees as it seeks to push them back to war-torn Afghanistan.
As Fighting Escalates in Syria, a Frustrated Mediator Resigns
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 03 (IPS) - After five months of intense shuttle diplomacy aimed at resolving the growing 17-month old political crisis in Syria, a visibly frustrated Joint Special Envoy Kofi Annan called it quits.
When the Lights Go Out, Talk
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Aug 02 (IPS) - When the lights go out, Gazans look for generators to switch on. And, they find people to talk to. With so many power cuts over so long now, people are giving themselves the somewhat dubious comfort that human relations may have improved as a result of these power cuts.
Egypt Opening Doors to Gaza, Slowly
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Jul 31 (IPS) - With the election of the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi as Egypt's first-ever freely elected president, the Gaza file – especially as it pertains to Egypt's border with the besieged enclave – is fast becoming one of the new president's first major foreign policy challenges.
U.S., Russia and China Stick to Their Guns
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 31 (IPS) - The protracted negotiations on an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) with the ambitious aim of eradicating the illicit trade in conventional arms hit a deadlock Friday at United Nations as Washington, Moscow and Beijing required "more time" after six years of preparatory meetings.
Lebanon Heading for Failed State Status?
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Jul 30 (IPS) - Every day Lebanon is being plunged further into a state of general insecurity, as chaos from the war in Syria seeps across the border.
Trading Across the Line of Control
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, Jul 30 (IPS) - As part of recent confidence building measures aimed at minimising tensions between India and Pakistan, which arose largely due to conflicting claims over Kashmir, the two countries have decided to make the Valley an economic bridge, rather than a bone of contention.
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