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Makkah agreement and the rise of a new regional self-reliance

Bangladesh, Aug. 20 -- The signing of the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement by Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye has triggered intense debate over the future of regional security. Governments and a... Read More


Restoring land, restoring hope: The global fight against desertification and drought

Bangladesh, Aug. 20 -- The 17th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17), scheduled to take place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, fro... Read More


Announcing the first edition of the journal for humanitarian conflict resolution

Bangladesh, Aug. 20 -- For much of my adult life, human rights have not been a subject I merely studied. It has been a matter that hit my heart and occupied my mind. I could never treat a violation as... Read More


Trump administration is scaling back the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises with South Korea

Bangladesh, Aug. 20 -- US President Donald Trump has ordered his Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to substantially reduce the scale of joint military exercises with South Korea. The instruction came just... Read More


UK openly bragging about its drones striking deep into Russia

Bangladesh, Aug. 20 -- Weve long been accustomed to various extreme forms of Russophobia coming out of the United Kingdom. For centuries, its governments have been terrified of the prospect of Russia ... Read More


US attempt to “capture” Lula remains an extreme and unlikely prospect

Bangladesh, Aug. 20 -- The escalating tensions between Brasília and Washington are raising growing concern. According to an analysis by Brazilian journalist João Paulo Charleaux, picked up b... Read More


Irans proposed media law threatens to turn journalism into a crime

Bangladesh, Aug. 19 -- Iranian authorities are moving toward a sweeping new restriction on contact with foreign media, raising fresh concerns that the government is seeking to isolate the country from... Read More


ICE, the Democratic Party and the politics of immigration enforcement

Bangladesh, Aug. 17 -- The Democratic Partys latest debate over US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) offers a revealing glimpse into the direction of the partys national politics. At its Augus... Read More


Fragmented power, deepening inequality, climate stress, dying democracies, and weaponized information

Bangladesh, Aug. 17 -- We are living through a moment in time of cascading disorder. Wars, inequality, and poverty are no longer confined to “faraway” places; they are entwined into a sing... Read More


Alleged DZ Mafia leader arrested in Algeria as France targets Marseille crime network

Bangladesh, Aug. 16 -- Algerian authorities have arrested and placed under judicial supervision an alleged senior leader of the “DZ Mafia,” a criminal syndicate that French authorities hav... Read More