International

A new study by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute has found global military spending rose four percent last year to a record $1.46 trillion despite the global financial crisis.

Global Peace Index gives top ranking to New Zealand, the launching site of the 95-nation peace march.

A few days after endorsing the World March for Peace and Nonviolence, Ecuador’s president, Rafael Correa, informs the whole country of his decision to support the initiative for nuclear disarmament.

Although the cold war ended some 20 years ago, Obama is the first U.S. president to commit to making significant changes in U.S. nuclear weapons policy to reflect new global realities.

What’s happened to the concepts of humanitarian military intervention and the responsibility to protect? How come no-one stepped in to prevent thousands of Sri Lankan Tamils being killed?

With such words, Queen Rania Al Abdullah, from Jordan, endorses the World March for Peace and Non-Violence.

The United Nations Security Council has unanimously condemned North Korea for carrying out an underground nuclear test Monday.

North Korea has staged a “successful” underground nuclear test, the
state-run KCNA agency reports.

The international community has expressed indignation and concern over North Korea’s latest nuclear test. Even its traditional allies China and Russia condemned Monday’s test in unusually strong terms.

Cairo, May 24 (Prensa Latina) Egypt”s Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and intelligence chief Omar Suleiman will travel to Washington to address the Middle East peace process with US authorities, local sources reported on Sunday.