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New year as a time for unity, hospitality, and hope in the MENA region

Bangladesh, Jan. 2 -- As 2025 gave way to 2026, millions of people across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and the wider Arab world marked the transition into a new calendar year in dive... Read More


Ten years on Brexits economic and political costs still haunt Britain

Bangladesh, Jan. 1 -- In 2026, the United Kingdom will quietly pass a milestone that few of its political architects once imagined would be marked by such widespread regret: the tenth anniversary of t... Read More


Can Lebanon function better without a state? Rethinking governance after collapse

Bangladesh, Dec. 31 -- For more than six years, Lebanon has lived through what would normally be considered an impossible experiment: a society operating with a hollowed-out state. Public institutions... Read More


Lavrov blames EU for blocking Ukraine peace, signals cautious reset with Washington

Bangladesh, Dec. 29 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused the European Union of emerging as the primary obstacle to a peaceful settlement of the Ukraine conflict, while cautiously welc... Read More


Myanmars junta election falters amid war, low turnout, and global rejection

Bangladesh, Dec. 28 -- Myanmars military junta has pushed ahead with the first phase of its long-promised general election, closing the initial round on December 28 amid widespread skepticism, armed c... Read More


Britons are getting poorer: Why the UK is slipping behind its peers

Bangladesh, Dec. 27 -- Britains long-running cost-of-living crisis is no longer a temporary shock but a structural decline, according to a stark new forecast from the Centre for Economics and Business... Read More


Hezbollah obeys Israel but defies Lebanons sovereignty and people

Bangladesh, Dec. 26 -- The recent confirmation that Hezbollah is no longer present south of the Litani River marks a pivotal moment in Lebanons long and painful struggle with armed non-state actors. U... Read More


US pressure on Venezuela and the return of a dangerous hemisphere doctrine

Bangladesh, Dec. 25 -- The United States escalating actions against Venezuela have triggered growing alarm across the international community, not only because of their immediate humanitarian and econ... Read More


How will 2025 be remembered in the Middle East? A year many will want to forget

Bangladesh, Dec. 23 -- History is rarely kind to years marked by unrestrained violence, political cynicism, and international hypocrisy. In the Middle East, 2025 is already shaping up as one such year... Read More


Russia seeks to deepen strategic footprint in Africa, Lavrov says cooperation has ‘huge potential

Bangladesh, Dec. 21 -- Russia is positioning Africa as a central pillar of its evolving foreign policy, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov declaring that cooperation between Moscow and Africa... Read More