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US puts South Africa on human trafficking watch list as tensions with Pretoria deepen

US puts South Africa on human trafficking watch list as tensions with Pretoria deepen

The United States has placed South Africa on its human trafficking watch list, accusing the government in Pretoria of failing to demonstrate...

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Damsana Ranadhiran

Trump’s ditto to Pakistan’s Bangladesh agenda pushes South Asia into serious security threats

Trump’s ditto to Pakistan’s Bangladesh agenda pushes South Asia into serious security threats

While several elements including Pakistan’s infamous Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) and one of the key-patrons of Islamist extremism – Turkey are...

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Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury

Leaked emails expose Venezuela-Belize ‘air bridge’ in global drug trade

For years, drug traffickers have relied on clandestine air routes to move cocaine from Venezuela to the United States, bypassing maritime patrols...

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Jennifer Hicks

Pakistan’s ISI trains Hamas terrorists while pretending to fight terror

Pakistan’s ISI trains Hamas terrorists while pretending to fight terror

Pakistan has long perfected the art of duplicity – presenting itself as a partner in the fight against terrorism while covertly nurturing jihadist...

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Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury

Pakistan’s Abraham Accord acid test: Will Shehbaz Sharif recognize Israel?

Pakistan’s Abraham Accord acid test: Will Shehbaz Sharif recognize Israel?

As President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled a 20-point blueprint this week to end the two-year war in Gaza, capitals...

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M A Hossain

Bangladesh Election Commission’s observer list lacks legitimacy and transparency

Bangladesh Election Commission’s observer list lacks legitimacy and transparency

When the Election Commission (EC) of Bangladesh published its initial list of 73 organizations on September 28, 2025, for registration as election...

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Sonjib Chandra Das

China executes harsh crackdown on Myanmar crime syndicate over cyber scams

China executes harsh crackdown on Myanmar crime syndicate over cyber scams

China’s judiciary has delivered one of its harshest verdicts yet against cross-border crime, sentencing 16 members of a notorious Myanmar-based...

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M A Hossain

Land grabbing scandal in Burkina Faso: Withheld report exposes political corruption

Land grabbing scandal in Burkina Faso: Withheld report exposes political corruption

For years, land and housing have stood at the center of political tension in Burkina Faso. The West African country, already plagued by insecurity,...

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Suraiyya Aziz

Trump tricking Europe to ‘outsource’ American-made crisis

US President Donald Trump’s recent rhetoric on the Russo-Ukrainian conflict has raised eyebrows across the Atlantic. After meeting Ukrainian...

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Uriel Irigaray Araujo

Detention of George Galloway shows freedom of expression absent in the West

Detention of George Galloway shows freedom of expression absent in the West

Freedom of expression seems to matter less and less in Western countries. The so-called “Western democracies” are increasingly showing signs of...

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Lucas Leiroz

Spanish restaurateurs investigated for selling banned nerve agent raw materials

Spanish restaurateurs investigated for selling banned nerve agent raw materials

According to a recent investigative report published by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), a Russian-Spanish wine...

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News Desk

Italy trapped in extradition of notorious Turkish mobster

Italy trapped in extradition of notorious Turkish mobster

Italy’s headline arrest of Turkish crime boss Barış (also known as Boris) Boyun and its attempt to return him to his native country has hit the...

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Editorial Team

Georgia’s donor disclosure demands spark fears of media and NGO repression

Georgia’s donor disclosure demands spark fears of media and NGO repression

In Georgia, the government’s latest crackdown on civil society and independent media has deepened fears that the country is slipping further into...

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Anand Sharma

South Korea trials visa free entry for Chinese tourists amid economic strain

South Korea trials visa free entry for Chinese tourists amid economic strain

On September 29, the South Korean government began a trial visa-free entry policy for Chinese group tourists, coinciding with China’s National Day...

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Jalal Uddin Laskar

PoK reveal the fear at the heart of the Pakistani state greed

PoK reveal the fear at the heart of the Pakistani state greed

For seventy-five years, Pakistan has projected itself as the self-appointed custodian of Kashmir. It has bled India with a thousand cuts, sent...

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Manoranjana Gupta

RSS at 100: India’s civilizational vision and global role

RSS at 100: India’s civilizational vision and global role

As the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) completes 100 years of its existence, it is timely to reflect not only on its influence on Indian society...

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Dr. Rajeev Ranjan Chaturvedy

The West’s fatal blind spot: Mistaking the Muslim Brotherhood for the whole Islamist threat

For more than eight decades, the Muslim Brotherhood has been one of the most discussed Islamist movements in the world. To its critics, it has long...

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Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury

Myanmar companies built bases on seized Rohingya land after 2017 exodus

The plight of the Rohingya has long stood as one of the most harrowing examples of ethnic persecution in recent history. Now, a new report by the...

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M A Hossain

Pentagon pushes missile production amid rising China conflict fears

The United States is accelerating its preparations for a potential conflict with China by pressing major defense contractors to ramp up missile...

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Damsana Ranadhiran

Lebanon’s youth demand renewal amid generational divide and national disillusionment

Lebanon today stands at a defining crossroads, and perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in the country’s restless younger generation....

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Suraiyya Aziz

Pro-EU party wins Moldova election amid allegations of cheating and disenfranchisement

Moldova’s parliamentary elections have delivered one of the tightest results in the nation’s recent history, exposing deep divisions within the...

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Sonjib Chandra Das

Musk supports Durov after claims of French meddling in Moldova election

Musk supports Durov after claims of French meddling in Moldova election

As founders of two of the most influential platforms of the digital age – Elon Musk and Pavel Durov – rang the alarm bell over political...

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M A Hossain

GCC balancing fossil fuel exports with rising renewable energy demand

GCC balancing fossil fuel exports with rising renewable energy demand

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries-Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, and Bahrain-remain indispensable players...

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Suraiyya Aziz

China’s bold climate pledge strengthens global confidence in emission reductions

China’s bold climate pledge strengthens global confidence in emission reductions

On September 24, 2025, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered video remarks at the United Nations Climate Summit, unveiling China’s latest...

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Jennifer Hicks

Pakistani ISI and Turkish Islamists building alliance to sabotage India

Pakistani ISI and Turkish Islamists building alliance to sabotage India

In the future, Turkey’s and Pakistan’s strong footholds in Bangladesh could harm India’s national security – writes Abhinav Pandya Bangladesh,...

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Editorial Team

The Balochistan killings expose a fault line at the heart of Pakistan’s justice system

The Balochistan killings expose a fault line at the heart of Pakistan’s justice system

In Balochistan, women are murdered for love, disappeared for protest, and buried under layers of tribal authority – writes Alshufa Imam For...

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Editorial Team

New Delhi’s decision smacks of ignorance or appeasement of Qatar’s funding of Islamist charities and religious organizations in India

New Delhi’s decision smacks of ignorance or appeasement of Qatar’s funding of Islamist charities and religious organizations in India

Qatar’s inroads among India’s bureaucratic and political elites cannot be ignored, especially considering Doha’s history of influence campaigns...

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Editorial Team

Russian woman avoids jail after drunken FBI texts amid trafficking allegations

Russian woman avoids jail after drunken FBI texts amid trafficking allegations

A Russian woman facing federal charges of lying to the FBI and transporting women for prostitution has avoided pre-trial imprisonment after a New...

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Anand Sharma

The ‘Last Supper’ and the grandeur NYC trip of Muhammad Yunus

The ‘Last Supper’ and the grandeur NYC trip of Muhammad Yunus

There is a certain irony in the way power ends. For some, it fades quietly; for others, it collapses amid disgrace. And for Professor Muhammad...

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M A Hossain

Russia’s record cocaine bust exposes expanding trafficking routes from Ecuador

Russia’s record cocaine bust exposes expanding trafficking routes from Ecuador

Russia has announced its largest-ever cocaine seizure, an operation that not only underscores the growing presence of drug trafficking in the...

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Suraiyya Aziz

EU agents continue to target Moldova

EU agents continue to target Moldova

Moldova continues to be targeted by EU agents, who want to deeply interfere in the country’s internal affairs to create hostility toward...

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Lucas Leiroz

Bangladesh needs a more structured, more serious approach to preventative fire safety

Bangladesh needs a more structured, more serious approach to preventative fire safety

It’s deeply concerning that Bangladesh continues to show a lack of urgency when it comes to implementing basic fire safety measures. The country...

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Sir Frank Peters

Hungary and Ukraine’s diplomatic rift deepens as EU faces pressure over war support

Hungary and Ukraine’s diplomatic rift deepens as EU faces pressure over war support

Tensions between Hungary and Ukraine have once again flared into open confrontation after a heated exchange of accusations between senior...

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Damsana Ranadhiran

Blame India first: How Sharif, Munir, and Yunus fuel a dangerous South Asian narrative

Blame India first: How Sharif, Munir, and Yunus fuel a dangerous South Asian narrative

For decades, Pakistan’s political and military elites have relied on one tactic whenever their governments collapse under the weight of corruption,...

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Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury

Poland’s pursuit of nuclear capabilities aims to cement its role as Europe’s anti-Russian bulwark

Poland’s pursuit of nuclear capabilities aims to cement its role as Europe’s anti-Russian bulwark

Polish President Karol Nawrocki has recently stated on French channel LCI that “Poland should be part of the nuclear sharing program, it should...

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Uriel Irigaray Araujo

Can Washington and New Delhi rebuild TRUST?

For weeks, the world’s two largest democracies were not speaking to each other. Washington and New Delhi – once seen as partners at the forefront...

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Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury

Big powers must reform or humanity will keep suffering endlessly

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York has once again placed the spotlight on the failures of the international system to prevent...

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Damsana Ranadhiran

Trump’s 100% drug tariff escalates trade tensions with Europe

Trump’s 100% drug tariff escalates trade tensions with Europe

US President Donald Trump has reignited his combative trade agenda with the announcement of a sweeping 100% tariff on imports of branded...

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Anand Sharma

India challenges EU arrogance in trade talks and strategic demands

India challenges EU arrogance in trade talks and strategic demands

For all of Europe’s talk of modernity, liberal values, and economic openness, the European Union (EU) continues to betray an outdated colonial...

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Sonjib Chandra Das