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Bangladeshi journalists ‘living in constant fear’0
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- May 14, 2018
Scores of reporters murdered in last 25 years but most cases have gone unsolved or unpunished Journalists in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh city protest over a series of defamation and sedition cases filed against Mahfuz Anam, editor of leading English daily The Daily Star, in this Feb. 16, 2016 file photo. (ucanews.com photo) Rock Ronald Rozario and Stephan
READ MOREDeciphering Trump’s Termination Of The Iran Nuclear Deal0
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- May 11, 2018
May 10, 2018 Arab News By Dr. Majid Rafizadeh* The world was watching closely as President Donald Trump announced that the United States would be withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which is commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal. The US government, during the Obama administration, and the Iranian regime were the two most
READ MOREDalai Lama And The Panchen Lama Quarrel: The Way For Rapprochement With China1
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- May 11, 2018
May 10, 2018 Modern Diplomacy By Dr. Andrea Galli* The last month or two have been a busy time for geopolitics. While Western leaders convened in Washington to discuss the potential trans-Atlantic trade war and the possibility of a conventional war against Iran in support of Israel, Korean leaders got together in the demilitarized zone
READ MOREMalaysia’s first new government in six decades revels in a shocking victory0
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- May 11, 2018
Scott Edwards, University of Birmingham In an shocking upset, the coalition that has ruled Malaysia for all 61 years since independence, Barisan Nasional (BN), has lost power. It was ousted by a coalition of four parties, Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope), whose combined seats amounted to a parliamentary majority. Its candidate for prime minister, 92-year-old
READ MOREAll eyes on India’s key Karnataka election1
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- May 11, 2018
Bitter campaign ends with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi declaring that victory could see him become PM next year Congress president Rahul Gandhi rides a bicycle in Malur on May 7 during his campaign for the Karnataka state election. (Photo by AFP) Nirendra Dev, Bengaluru India May 11, 2018 The heat is on for the May
READ MOREHow The Saudi Royals Turned Trump Into Their Tool0
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- May 11, 2018
Ben Freeman and William Hartung May 11, 2018 Reprinted with permission from TomDispatch. It’s another Trump affair — this time without the allegations of sexual harassment (and worse), the charges and counter-charges, the lawsuits, and all the rest. So it hasn’t gotten the sort of headlines that Stormy Daniels has garnered, but when it
READ MOREThe threat of war between Israel and Iran0
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- May 10, 2018
Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios The conflict between Israel and Iran has entered new territory after Iran launched rockets at Israeli targets in the Golan Heights for the first time, and Israel responded by striking “nearly all” of Iran’s military sites in Syria, according to the Israeli military. What to watch: The longer the situation remains on
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China and India play tug-of-war over Nepal0
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- May 10, 2018
The mountainous border between Nepal and China. Photo: Xinhua/Tashi Tsering via Getty Images Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to Nepal on Friday intent on keeping the small South Asian country away from China’s grasp. The big picture: Nepal is located between the two Asian giants. It has historically been closer to India, a fellow
READ MOREHusain Haqqani: ‘Pakistani military fears ethno-linguistic identities’0
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- May 10, 2018
Husain Haqqani, Pakistan’s former ambassador to the US, is a fierce critic of his country’s military establishment. In a DW interview, Haqqani calls for a “reimagining” of Pakistan’s Islamic state ideology. DW: In your recently published book, Reimagining Pakistan, you said that Pakistan should be a secular state. Is it really attainable? Husain Haqqani:
READ MOREBangladesh: Protect Freedom of Expression0
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- May 10, 2018
Repeal Draconian Section 57 but New Law Should Not Replicate Abuses by Human Rights Watch 9/5/2018 Police in Bangladesh have registered hundreds of complaints under the Information and Communication Technology Act, including against authors of social media posts and journalists criticizing the political leadership and the ruling Awami League party. © 2018
READ MORECholera warning for Rohingya refugees in monsoon0
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- May 10, 2018
Vaccination program continues for up to one million people living in overcrowded and unsanitary Bangladesh camps A medical officer immunizes a Rohingya refugee child at Balukhali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh on Dec. 4, 2017. (Photo by Stephan Uttom/ucanews.com) Stephan Uttom and Rock Ronald Rozario, Dhaka Bangladesh May 10, 2018 Aid groups have launched the
READ MOREMalaysian voters expel Najib government0
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- May 10, 2018
Fed-up voters reject scaremongering and race-baiting, for Najib it’s a humiliating rout Outgoing Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak of the Barisan National party addresses the media after his party lost Malaysia’s 14th general election in Kuala Lumpur on May 10. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan/AFP) ucanews.com reporter, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia May 10, 2018 Against all odds,
READ MOREMyanmar on edge after spike in child rapes0
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- May 10, 2018
Good Shepherd Sisters hope to plug holes in govt policy by spreading awareness of legal rights, sex education Activist groups in Myanmar say more needs to be done to protect children from sexual abuse after the number of child rape cases jumped last year. (Photo from Unsplash) John Zaw, Mandalay Myanmar May 9, 2018 When the
READ MORENo, the war in Afghanistan isn’t a hopeless stalemate0
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- May 10, 2018
Afghan Northern Alliance fighters in 2001. Almost two decades later, the war continues. AP Photo/David Guttenfelder Robert M. Cassidy, Wesleyan University The war in Afghanistan has become so protracted that it warrants the epithet the “Groundhog Day War.” Fighting has gone on for nearly 17 years, with U.S. troops in Afghanistan seven years longer than
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