Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1264
Private Sector Debt Gnawing at Developing Countries
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jul 30 (IPS) - Twelve years after a global campaign successfully advocated the cancellation of some of the world’s poorest countries’ public debt, developing economies are again facing unsustainable debt burdens. Only this time, it is the private sector’s debt in developing economies that is inflating dangerously.
Lebanon Heading for Failed State Status?
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Jul 30 (IPS) - Every day Lebanon is being plunged further into a state of general insecurity, as chaos from the war in Syria seeps across the border.
Trading Across the Line of Control
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, Jul 30 (IPS) - As part of recent confidence building measures aimed at minimising tensions between India and Pakistan, which arose largely due to conflicting claims over Kashmir, the two countries have decided to make the Valley an economic bridge, rather than a bone of contention.
Israeli Group Maps Palestinian Removals
- Inter Press Service
ROAD 60, OCCUPIED WEST BANK, Jul 30 (IPS) - Sitting in an airconditioned car along Road 60 in the heart of the occupied West Bank, Ovad Arad explained how he goes about his job: driving unannounced into Palestinian towns and villages, taking photographs, having coffee with families, and leaving almost as quickly as he arrived.
And How Muslims Hold the Key to Christ
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Jul 29 (IPS) - “A prayer knocks till the door opens,” a songster from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre sings from outside the door.
U.N. Chief Recounts Poverty and Plenty in South Korea
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 28 (IPS) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, a former foreign minister of South Korea, is visibly emotional whenever he speaks about the striking political and economic achievements in his home country.
AIDS Meet Ends with Talk of Cure, But Realities of Scourge Persist
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 28 (IPS) - As the International AIDS Conference ended in Washington on Friday, organisers unveiled groundbreaking new research on the promise of early anti-retroviral (ARV) drug therapy.
Hezbollah Losing its Grip
- Inter Press Service
DAHIEH, Jul 27 (IPS) - Since its inception, Hezbollah’s clout within its community has been solid. However, in recent weeks, the Party of God has been facing increasing difficulties controlling its support base and stymieing discontent. These developments have led analysts to question whether or not Hezbollah is losing its grip on its followers.
Govts Boost Nukes While Cutting Aid, Social Services
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 27 (IPS) - As U.N.-led talks on disarmament resume in Geneva Monday, calls are growing for nuclear-armed nations to cut spending on their stockpiles and instead divert resources to development.
President’s Death Could Drive National Unity in Ghana
- Inter Press Service
KUMASI, Ghana, Jul 27 (IPS) - The death of President John Atta Mills will have a sobering effect on national politics in the months leading up to Ghana’s December 2012 election, according to the Executive Secretary of the West Africa Network for Peace, Emmanuel Bombandey.
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