If verified, the deal could threaten negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program
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North Korea Gets the World in a Panic, Even Without Trying
The cargo of weaponry seized by Panamanian officials en route from Cuba to North Korea has caused an international uproar, but revealed nothing new about the East Asian pariah. Cuba’s foreign ministry has dismissed …
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The U.N. signs the first treaty to regulate the global arms trade, Malaysia will have a general election later this month, and the world’s poorest countries said they will commit to cutting their greenhouse gas emissions
Must-Reads from Around the World
China is the world’s fifth largest arms exporter, Cossacks are expanding their role in Russia’s public sphere and Argentina’s president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is scheduled to meet Pope Francis on Monday
U.S. Steps Up Aid, but Syria’s Rebels Want Arms
It should come as no surprise that Syria’s rebels were underwhelmed by Thursday’s U.S. pledge of $60 million in direct aid: although the announcement by Secretary of State John Kerry in Rome marked Washington’s first direct …
North Korea Confirms ‘Successful’ Nuclear Test
North Korea conducted its third test of a nuclear device Tuesday, raising fears of conflict in Northeast Asia and new questions about whether the regime can be stopped in its decades-long effort to develop nukes
Mali’s Militiamen: A Country Split in Two Readies for War
In the districts abutting Mali’s vast north, war looms. In 2012, locals and others forced to flee the conquest of Mali’s north by rebel factions and Islamist groups linked with al-Qaeda are readying to be part of an offensive to …
Libya’s Flawed Attempt to Soak Up a Flood of Weaponry
The country puts up a good show of collecting arms that have circulated since the fall of Gaddafi. But the groups that hold the most weapons aren’t joining in
Do U.S. Gun Laws Make All of North America Less Safe?
While a real conversation over gun control in the U.S. is a domestic nonstarter, neighboring countries end up suffering from lax American laws
Deadlocked, Iran and Western Nuclear Negotiators Agree Only to Keep Talking
No breakthroughs achieved as both sides dig in, overestimating their leverage
Must-Reads from Around the World, June 8, 2012
Internal Democracy — The South China Morning Post reports that senior members of the Communist Party held an internal poll in May to select their favored top leaders for the party’s 25-member Politburo and the Politburo Standing Committee, its inner-most cabinet, for the next 10 years. It writes: “If this experiment goes well and …
Must-Reads from Around the World, May 16, 2012
Arming Rebels – The Washington Post reveals Syrian rebels battling President Assad’s regime have begun receiving “significantly more and better weapons in recent weeks.” Opposition activists and foreign officials say the arms are paid for by Persian Gulf nations and coordinated in part by the U.S., according to the newspaper. But, “Obama …
India Gets Ready to Test Long-Range Ballistic Missile
India is scheduled to test a domestically developed long-range intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday that, if successful, will be among the most advanced weapons in its artillery. The Agni V missile, capable of carrying …