Global Issues
News headlines for “Crisis in Libya”, page 27
U.S. Intelligence Sees Cyber Threats Eclipsing Terrorism
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 13 (IPS) - Cyber threats appear to have largely replaced terrorism as posing the greatest risks to U.S. national security, which also confronts major longer-term challenges from the effects of natural resource shortages and climate change, according to the latest in a series of annual threat assessments by the U.S. intelligence community.
At Home, and Not at Home
- Inter Press Service
WADI KHALED, Northern Lebanon, Mar 12 (IPS) - The influx of hundreds of thousands of war-weary refugees from Syria to Lebanon is putting an almost unbearable strain on many of the communities that have taken them into their homes. A domestic economic crisis compounded by the arrival of such large numbers of refugees is weighing heavily on many impoverished areas.
Gaza Women Suffer on ‘Their’ Day
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Mar 07 (IPS) - "In Gaza we don't lead normal lives, we just cope and adapt to our abnormal lives under siege and occupation," says Dr. Mona El-Farra, a physician and a long-time human rights and women's rights activist in the Gaza Strip. On International Women's Day, when many of the world's women are fighting for workplace equality and an end to domestic violence, Farra and the majority of Gaza's women fight for the most basic of human rights.
UNRWA Head Warns of Palestinian Crisis in Syria
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 07 (IPS) - A top United Nations official is warning that the plight of Palestinian refugees is being neglected amidst the ongoing crisis in Syria.
Poll Finds Mounting Hostility Among Arabs towards Iran
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 06 (IPS) - A poll released Tuesday shows a stark decline in favourability among Arab and Muslim citizens regarding the Iranian government and its policies.
OP-ED: Obama and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: It’s Time to Act
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 05 (IPS) - As President Barack Obama travels to Israel and Palestine in the spring, Washington's unconditional backing of Israel could soon begin to harm U.S. interests and security in Arab Muslim countries.
Bangladesh Finds a Touch of the Arab Spring
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Mar 03 (IPS) - Is Bangladesh just trying to process its dark legacy, the trauma of the genocide that took place during the country´s liberation war in 1971? Or is something more afoot?
To Walk Down The Street
- Inter Press Service
HEBRON, Occupied West Bank, Mar 01 (IPS) - Molotov cocktails, clouds of teargas, live gunfire, ambulance sirens wailing as they ferried the wounded, and round after round of rubber-coated metal bullets exploding in the street…these were familiar scenes in Palestinian protest.
Aid Hurting Palestinians
- Inter Press Service
RAMALLAH, Occupied West Bank, Feb 28 (IPS) - Local food for local people. That's the idea behind Sharaka (‘partnership', in Arabic), an entirely volunteer-run, Palestinian organisation that aims to bring locally grown products directly to Palestinian dinner tables.
Freedom Pushes Past Snags in Tunisia
- Inter Press Service
TUNIS, Feb 28 (IPS) - The extent to which Tunisians are able to express themselves freely is an ever-changing phenomenon. While the country is still in the grips of turmoil after the recent killing of left-wing politician Chokri Belaid, which sparked some of the largest protests since the initial revolution in 2011 that toppled Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the airing of dissent has become second nature for many.
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