Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 697
Burma in the Throes of Change — Part 1
- Inter Press Service
Moves by the Burmese government to settle ethnic conflicts in the country, notably with the Karens in the mountainous eastern part of the country, have caught critics of the regime by surprise.
U.S. Leak on Israeli Attack Weakened a Warning to Netanyahu
- Inter Press Service
When Defence Secretary Leon Panetta told Washington Post columnist David Ignatius this week that he believes Israel was likely to attack Iran between April and June, it was ostensibly yet another expression of alarm at the Israeli government's threats of military action.
UNICEF Funding Falls Short Leaving Millions of Children at Risk
- Inter Press Service
If the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) had 1.28 billion dollars it could help 97 million people around the world.
INDIA-PAKISTAN: Food Heals Historic Hostility
- Inter Press Service
If the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, then the path to peace between India and Pakistan may lie in the commonalities in their cultures and cuisines.
Early End to U.S. Combat Role in Afghanistan Draws Cheers, Jeers, Confusion
- Inter Press Service
U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta's surprise announcement Wednesday that U.S. troops will phase out their combat role in Afghanistan by mid-2013 is drawing mixed reactions, as well as a fair bit of confusion, from both critics and supporters of the 11-year-old war here.
BANGLADESH: Coup Bid Reveals Extremism Within the Army
- Inter Press Service
Bangladesh’s army has won paludits as leading United Nations peacekeepers, but the January coup attempt against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government has exposed lurking religious extremism within its ranks.
Dempsey Told Israelis U.S. Won't Join Their War on Iran
- Inter Press Service
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey told Israeli leaders Jan. 20 that the United States would not participate in a war against Iran begun by Israel without prior agreement from Washington, according to accounts from well-placed senior military officers.
U.S. Group Urges 'More Credible' Military Threat Against Iran
- Inter Press Service
The administration of President Barack Obama should take steps to make threats of a possible U.S. or Israeli attack against Iran more credible, according to the fourth in a series of studies released here Wednesday by a 13-man 'bipartisan' task force dominated by Iran hawks.
Pakistan Denies 'Intimate' Taliban Links
- Inter Press Service
Pakistan has rejected as 'frivolous' a leaked NATO report which claims that the country's security services are helping the Taliban, and suggesting that the group believes it is poised to regain power.
U.N. Arms Embargoes Busted by Ships from the West
- Inter Press Service
When the Security Council penalises governments with economic sanctions and arms embargoes, the world body's 193 member states are mandated to help implement the wide-ranging punitive measures imposed on these countries.
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