Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 714
Colombia's History of Violence, Reflected in One Woman's Life
- Inter Press Service
There are lives that closely mirror the history of their countries, like that of Beatriz Echeverry, whose life has been shaped by some of the main human-caused and natural tragedies in Colombia over the last 60 years: forced displacement, a volcano-triggered mudslide that killed thousands, and kidnappings by the leftwing guerrillas.
Security Council Won't Take Stand on Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
The United Nations Security Council failed to reach agreement on a non-binding statement Wednesday aseerting that climate change should be recognised as an international peace and security issue.
War Increasingly Spills Over into Classrooms
- Inter Press Service
The most pressing global challenge to children's rights may be the increasing number of military attacks on schools in war zones, according to a Human Rights Watch report released Wednesday.
Execution Videos Strike Terror in Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
A video showing a group of 16 Pakistani policemen, hands tied behind their backs, being executed by Taliban gunmen in the Dir district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is only the latest in a series showing brutal acts designed to strike terror in the areas bordering Afghanistan.
PAKISTAN: 'U.S. Military Aid Came With Spies Attached'
- Inter Press Service
Defence analysts in Pakistan believe that foregoing 800 million US dollars worth of aid may be a fair bargain for ridding this country of a over a hundred ‘military trainers’ who were suspected of being spies.
SOUTH SUDAN: Time to Start Learning
- Inter Press Service
Being educated during the country’s civil war was almost impossible. But Victoria Maja wanted to become a doctor, and in order to do so she had to leave South Sudan and live and study in the north. She was one of the lucky ones.
US-LIBYA: No Early End to War Expected
- Inter Press Service
Fortified by formal U.S. recognition as Libya's legitimate government, fighters loyal to the rebel Benghazi-based Transitional National Council (TNC) made a key advance Monday by reportedly gaining control of most of the eastern oil port of Brega.
SRI LANKA: Film Reveals Atrocities in Final Months of Civil War
- Inter Press Service
A new documentary showing graphic footage from the end of Sri Lanka's war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 2009 refuels calls for an investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Arms Trade Treaty May Bypass Anti-Riot Weapons
- Inter Press Service
When weeklong negotiations on the control and regulation of the global arms trade were concluded last week, there was one missing link in the proposed treaty: riot control equipment used recently against peaceful demonstrators in the streets of Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Syria, Yemen and Jordan.
Court Orders Thai-Cambodia Troop Pullback
- Inter Press Service
The United Nation's highest court has ordered both Thailand and Cambodia to withdraw troops from a disputed border area around an ancient Khmer temple - the scene of years of violent clashes.
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