Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 715
COLOMBIA: 'Matriarch' Leads Struggle to Recover Stolen Land
- Inter Press Service
'God willing, we will make it' reads the sign on a rusty old all-terrain vehicle, ideal for the complicated drive to the remote Curbaradó river valley in the banana-producing region of Urabá in northwest Colombia.
U.S. Warns of Dark Path Ahead Without Cooperation in Sudan
- Inter Press Service
As South Sudan was admitted as the 193rd member of the United Nations on Thursday, officials in Washington said the hard work in the fragile new country has just begun.
Arms Trade Treaty Stumbles Towards a Grand Finale
- Inter Press Service
After six years of protracted negotiations, a largely sceptical international community is moving towards readying a long outstanding global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) for signature by July next year.
What Is Sadr's Game on Future U.S. Troop Presence?
- Inter Press Service
The big question looming over U.S.-Iraqi negotiations on a U.S. military presence after 2011 is what game Shi'a leader Moqtada al-Sadr is playing on the issue.
Outrage as Terror Revisits India’s Financial Capital
- Inter Press Service
Hastimal Sen mistook the deafening sounds of explosions that shook his office in Mumbai’s crowded Zaveri Bazaar Wednesday evening as cars backfiring.
PAKISTAN: Soldiers Pay a Price in War on Terrorism
- Inter Press Service
Army soldier Zaheer Abbas and his squad were hunting down militants in the outskirts of Darra Adamkhel, a town in northwest Pakistan famous for its weapons workshops, when they suddenly found themselves under a surprise volley of improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
Burmese Convict Brutality Spurs Calls for International Probe
- Inter Press Service
Burmese convicts forced into military service have endured mistreatment that warrants a U.N. investigation into war crimes in the country, according to a new report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) Wednesday.
RIGHTS-PERU: Following the Clues in Exhumation of Massacre Victims
- Inter Press Service
The daylight is fading, but Francisca Huanca's hopes are growing brighter. 'Yes, they're his sneakers, he liked to play football,' she says with tears in her eyes. She has just caught a glimpse of the remains of her husband, nearly three decades after he was murdered in the biggest massacre committed by the Maoist Shining Path guerrillas in Peru's highlands.
PAKISTAN: Religious Scholars Called In to Push Peace
- Inter Press Service
The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan is calling on religious scholars to help end the violence in the militancy-wracked province, in a desperate attempt to restore peace.
/CORRECTED REPEAT*/SOUTH SUDAN: Born into Crisis — Violence Against Women Continues
- Inter Press Service
Violence against women is rampant, devastating and tolerated in South Sudan and the new country needs to address these gross human rights violations and train people, especially soldiers, to respect women’s rights.
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