Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 685
War Widows Turn to Sex Work in Sri Lanka
- Inter Press Service
On May 18, some 800 women in Sri Lanka’s northern region will hold Hindu religious ceremonies for the welfare of thier husbands who disappeared or surrendered to the military as it moved in to mop up nearly three decades of armed Tamil separatism.
Bomb Hits Syrian Truck Escorting U.N. Convoy
- Inter Press Service
A roadside bomb struck a Syrian military truck near Deraa, wounding six soldiers just seconds after a convoy carrying the head of the U.N. observer mission passed by.
Caste Blocks Revamp of Nepal's Sex Workers
- Inter Press Service
Social activists say that attempts to rehabilitate sex workers in this former monarchy call for special efforts to uplift the Badi, a Hindu caste that has for centuries been associated with entertainment and prostitution.
GUINEA-BISSAU-MALI: ECOWAS Talking Softer, But Still Holding Big Stick
- Inter Press Service
Regional leaders meeting in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, on May 3 appeared to slightly retreat from their positions against coup leaders in Guinea-Bissau and Mali, but the Economic Community of West African States continues to press for a speedy return to constitutional rule in both countries.
Child Soldiers Used in Mali Conflict
- Inter Press Service
It was tough for Hassan Toure to decide to stay in his small town on the outskirts of Kidal, in northern Mali. The government troops had withdrawn on Mar. 30, and several armed groups, including militias and bandits, were operating in the region.
Disarmament Sparks Violence in South Sudan
- Inter Press Service
Civil society groups are calling on the United Nations peacekeeping mission to withdraw support from a disarmament programme they say could spark further violence in South Sudan’s volatile Jonglei state.
Refugees Dream of Return, Come Home to Nightmare
- Inter Press Service
Krishnaveni Nakkeeran has fled the country of her birth twice and returned twice in the last two decades. The 36-year-old mother of four from the northern Jaffna peninsula in Sri Lanka first fled the bloody civil war to India when she was just 16 years old in 1990.
U.S.-Afghan Pact Won't End War — Or SOF Night Raids
- Inter Press Service
The optics surrounding the Barack Obama administration's 'Enduring Strategic Partnership' agreement with Afghanistan and the Memorandums of Understanding accompanying it emphasise transition to Afghan responsibility and an end to U.S. war.
U.S.: Israeli Dissent May Create More Space for Iran Nuclear Deal
- Inter Press Service
The threat of a military attack on Iran's nuclear facilities this year appears to have substantially subsided over the past several weeks as a result of several developments, including the biting criticisms voiced recently by former top national security figures of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defence minister, Ehud Barak.
U.S Government Admits to Drone Attacks
- Inter Press Service
In a major address here Monday, John Brennan, the U.S. official in charge of counterterrorism, formally admitted that the United States engages in attacks using armed unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly referred to as 'drones'.
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