Jan 24, 2025 · The Middle East remains a region of dynamic change and persistent challenges. This is particularly true with ongoing developments in Syria, Lebanon and Gaza capturing global attention. These areas remain focal points for political tensions, humanitarian crises and shifting power dynamics that reflect broader regional trends.

Jan 15, 2025 · The global outlook for 2027 is one of increased cynicism among survey respondents, with a high proportion of respondents to the GRPS 2024-25 anticipating turbulence (31%), a four percentage- point increase since last year’s edition (Figure 1.3).

Jan 22, 2025 · UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns of the double threats posed to the world by the climate crisis and ungoverned AI in his speech to Davos.

Jan 23, 2025 · Perhaps surprisingly, armed conflict registered third in the perceived risks from MENA regional respondents to the survey. The very real risk of armed conflict in the MENA region is plain to see. War continues to create significant humanitarian crises in Gaza, Sudan and Yemen, while a tenuous ceasefire holds in Lebanon.

Jun 24, 2022 · Climate change is already affecting people’s lives in a variety of ways. Global warming is the biggest health threat facing humanity, the World Health Organization says.

Jan 21, 2025 · Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament; Karin Keller-Sutter, President of the Swiss Confederation: Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia; Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan; Alexander De Croo, Prime Minister of Belgium; Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President of the Democratic …

Jun 11, 2024 · The Global Gender Gap Index 2024 benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment). It is the longest-standing index tracking the progress of numerous countries’ efforts towards closing these gaps over time …

Jan 20, 2025 · The ongoing war in Gaza, a delicate ceasefire in Lebanon, a political changeover in Syria and heightened tensions in the Red Sea and Horn of Africa threaten to spill over into a wider regional conflict in the Middle East. At the same time, the region finds itself caught in the middle of a geoeconomic competition between superpowers.

Jan 21, 2025 · At Davos, Ukraine President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns that Europe's strategic priorities must match those of Russia and other opponents in politics, defence and the economy.

Feb 2, 2023 · Remittances contribute 50% of the GDP of Tonga, 38% of GDP in Lebanon, 34% in Samoa, 32% in Tajikistan, 31% in Kyrgyzstan and more than a fifth of GDP in Gambia, Honduras, El Salvador, Haiti and Nepal.