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Niger: Ensure Safety, Rights Of Detained President, Says HRW
Military coup leaders in Niger should ensure the safety and well-being of deposed President Mohamed Bazoum, his family, and others arbitrarily detained, Human Rights Watch said Friday. The military...
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Kyrgyzstan: Fear Of State Reprisals For Registration Applications Grows
By Mushfig Bayram Many smaller churches have not sought state registration, Protestants say, as they are "afraid of state reprisals for themselves as communities as well as their members." These fears...
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Ukraine: Zelenskyy Fires Senior Officials For Corruption
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Telegram Friday he was firing the directors of all the country's regional military recruitment centers amid concerns of corruption — ranging from...
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Israeli President Condemns Violence Against Christians
By Martin Barillas Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited the Stella Maris Monastery in Haifa following attacks by Jewish extremists against the site and other Christian places of worship in Israel....
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The Censors Down Under: The ACMA Gambit On Misinformation And Disinformation...
In January 2010, the then US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, doing what she does best, grasped a platitude and ran with it in launching, of all things, an institution called the Newseum....
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Brazil: Supreme Court Elects New Chief Justice
By André Richter Luis Roberto Barroso has been elected as the chief justice of the Brazilian Supreme Court on Wednesday, August 9. He is scheduled to formally assume office on September 28. This...
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Robert Reich: Life Advice To My Students – OpEd
America worships success. In American culture, one of the worst things that can happen to anyone is to fail. Fear of failure can be paralyzing. The experience of failure can be traumatizing. A...
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Nigeria: Tinubu’s Jumbo-Sized Cabinet – OpEd
The Senate has concluded the screening and vetting of ministerial nominees. Whether the screening was adjudged comprehensive or not remains a moot point. But it is clear that the screening excercise...
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Belarus: Ignoring Lukashenko’s Bluster Is No Longer A Viable Strategy – Analysis
By Luke Coffey It will be three years next week since presidential elections in Belarus that many believed to be fraudulent. The outcome led to the biggest protests and greatest civil unrest the...
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Bangladesh: Proposed Replacement Of Law Used To Muzzle Dissent Much The Same...
By Kamran Reza Chowdhury Bangladesh’s draft Cyber Security Bill is nearly identical to the Digital Security Act it is meant to replace, with similar repressive provisions and harsh punishments that...
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Northern Russian Village Shaken After Discharged Wagner Fighter Accused Of...
By RFE/RL’s North.Realities (RFE/RL) — On the morning of August 1, this quiet northern settlement woke up to a horrifying scene. Two wooden houses in separate parts of the village were gutted by fire....
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Wagner Group Licks Its Wounds In Belarus – Analysis
By Christopher M. Faulkner, Colin P. Clarke, and Raphael Parens (FPRI) — Most analysts have labeled Yevgeny Prigozhin’s attempted rebellion and the Wagner Group mutiny a failure. And in many ways,...
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Pakistan: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence For Transformative Public Policy...
Predicting the future is not magic, it is Artificial Intelligence. In recent years, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into various sectors has garnered significant attention. Pakistan,...
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Pakistan What Awaits Imran Khan? – OpEd
Pakistan’s Army Chief of Staff in July this year categorically described the core of China-Pakistan relations. A report from Pakistani newspaper Dawn (August 3 2023) described his comments as follows:...
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Remembering 14 August: Pakistan’s Independence – OpEd
Pakistan, our cherished motherland, came into existence on August 14, 1947, as an outcome of India's liberation from British rule. This momentous event was the culmination of tireless efforts by the...
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Widening Cracks In Pak-Afghan Relations: Reasons And Steps Toward An Amicable...
Afghanistan and Pakistan are two inter-connected, interdependent two brotherly Muslim neighboring countries. For centuries, the people of the two countries have remained tied together through bonds of...
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Pakistan: Kakar Appointed Caretaker Prime Minister
According to Pakistan’s leading English newspaper, Dawn, Baluchistan Awami Party (BAP) Senator Anwaarul Haq Kakar has been chosen as the interim prime minister of Pakistan. His job is to keep the...
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Iran, Pakistan Set $5 Billion Trade Target In 5 Years
According to the document of Five-Year Strategic Trade Cooperation Program between Iran and Pakistan, the bilateral trade between the two neighbors will reach $5 billion until 2028. Speaking with...
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Russian Missile Hits Zaporizhzhia Hotel Where UN Staff Stayed
A Russian missile hit a hotel that United Nations staff often used in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Thursday evening, leaving one person dead and 16 wounded, Ukrainian officials said....
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Arctic Monitoring Program Plays Vital Role In Global Pollution Reduction Efforts
Historically, the Arctic was considered a pristine region, but scientific research spanning the last three decades has revealed the harsh reality of long-range transported pollutants reaching the...
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