By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | 18 December 2023 (IDN) — The legendary musician, whose real name is Denis Kasiya Lokassa, has died at age 77 after battling diabetes and complications from a mild stroke he suffered in 2020. He was one of DR Congo’s best rhythm guitarists, but spent most of […]
A Side Event at TPNW Conference Focusses on Nuclear Weapons Victims
By Aurora Weiss VIENNA (IDN) — “Today is a historic moment,” are the words with which the First Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) opened in Vienna on June 21. Representatives of the international community, government, civil society and academia gathered here to put into effect the […]
Is World War III a Nuclear Reality or an Empty Threat?
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS (IDN) — A Russian news agency quoted on March 2 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s dire warning: If a third world war (WWIII) breaks out, it would involve nuclear weapons—and be destructive. At a virtual Geneva meeting on disarmament, he also hinted that Ukraine has been seeking nuclear weapons to counter […]
24 Experts Outline Plan for Defusing Russia-NATO Crisis
Arms Control Is Key to the Solution By Daryl G. Kimball and Oliver Meier Daryl G. Kimball is the Executive Director of the Arms Control Association. Olivier Meier is a Senior Researcher at the Berlin office of the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH). WASHINGTON, D.C. | HAMBURG […]
A Push to Further Bolster the Global Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime
By Reinhard Jacobsen VIENNA (IDN) — The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, has launched an initiative to convince more countries to join the majority of states in giving Agency inspectors wider access to locations and information as part of a push to further bolster the global nuclear non-proliferation regime. […]