Global financial markets currently obsess about the fate of a small Balkan country’s sovereign debt and its impact on the Eurozone. However, if the burden of Greek debt were to disappear overnight, the miracle would just reveal the underlying weakness of the Greek economy and its dependency on Europe for the foreseeable future.
Indian external affairs minister in Beijing;
Obama, Dalai Lama will meet in public for first time;
ISIS Khorasan, Pakistani Taliban form alliance;
At least 40 killed in Pakistan Shia mosque blast;
Modi appoints ambassador to U.S. as new top diplomat
Death sentence for 183 Brotherhood members;
South Sudan peace agreement;
Iraqis and Kurds aim to free Mosul;
Egyptian court ban Hamas;
Hezbollah ready for war with Israel
Beijing wants “
patriotic education”
in Hong Kong schools;
China’
s online economy more than doubles in a year
A helping hand against the Islamic state...;
...as Tehran draws a red line;
More fence-mending between Hamas, Iran;
Targeting the green movement, still;
The high price of journalism in Iran