The world is in great turmoil. The economic meltdown in the West remains fragile as it integrates economic reforms and austerity measures. In the latest April 2013 data released, unemployment rate hits a new record high of 12.1% with over 19 million people jobless across the Euro zone. Moreover, the Middle East upheaval demanding political reforms continues and spreads like wildfires affecting more Arab nations than ever before. Meanwhile, North Korea's provocation, unleashing a series of threats against the US and South Korea, is absolutely troublesome, and it has been a "wait and see" event for the time being.
These turn of events have rattled and put the world in complete awe and left it in disbelief.
On what was supposed to be a celebration of the oldest running marathon in history, the Boston Marathon bombing has shocked the world and shuttered the lives of the many of its victims. It's one of the deadliest since the 9/11 attack on Twin Towers in New York. It has claimed the lives of three people and injured more than 200 sports enthusiasts and spectators. The incident is believed to be connected with terrorism, and according to some news, Islamist Militants are set to launch more Jihads to reestablish their presence and their dominance worldwide. Investigation is now underway to get to the bottom of this very unfortunate event of violence, and hopefully bring to justice the people behind this senseless attack.
Over the past weeks, North Korea, with its fiery rhetoric and threats against the US, has escalated the tensions across the region, apparently in an effort to strengthen its bargaining position should a peace talk resumes, and to reinstate its unreasonable claims and preconditions as alleged by South Korea. Obviously, the threat of nuclear warfare remains volatile, and peace in the region is far from being achieved.
The Syrian Government may have allegedly crossed the "redline", and as the war has reached a new levels of hostilities and threatens to spill over into regional conflict, the US is now seriously considering to intervene in some way. For some time, the US government maintains its position not to intervene in the Syrian civil war, but President Obama has always reiterated that use of chemical weapons would likely be "a game changer". More than 70,000 people have been killed since the onset of the civil war and will continue to rise as tensions intensify.
European economy remains weak in spite of political reforms and bailouts. Since most of EU economies largely rely on China, who's also facing its own economic woes in recent years, the prospect of economic recovery is unlikely to happen in the next year or two. Upbeat economic outlooks will remain murky for some indefinite period of time, unless bold and sustainable solutions will have to be employed.
Several standoffs have dramatically transpired since China's aggressions on the territorial disputes between its neighboring Asian countries have been intensified for the last several months. Chinese infringements over the territorial sovereignty of its neighbors across the waters of China Sea have been the subject of series of protests from among the countries being affected. These issues of coercion repeatedly perpetrated by China against its neighbors have been brought before the UN Council to settle the problems once and for all.
Conflicts in the Middle East have definitely changed the political landscape of the Arab world. At the same time, the world's economy remains bleak, and the biggest economic crisis in the modern times is far from being over. There is much to be done in finding solutions in order to resolve these issues to ease the burdens of life besetting the entire world.
Despite of all these quandaries reverberating in the minds of everyone, the world is still optimistic that hope is very promising, and the outlook of a better future is at hand.
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