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Afghanistans opium collapse exposing 40 years of US intelligence complicity

Bangladesh, Nov. 13 -- Afghanistans opium fields are withering, and with them a major pillar of the global narcotics economy. According to the latest United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) s... Read More


North Korea has revived Jakarta-Pyongyang ties

Bangladesh, Nov. 6 -- Indonesias Foreign Minister Sugiono landed in Pyongyang this October. It was the first top-level visit from Jakarta in over 12 years. The timing was no accident: it coincided wit... Read More


America signals its in the Arctic race to stay

Bangladesh, Nov. 2 -- The United States just inked a $6.1 billion deal with Finland to build 11 new icebreakers for its US Coast Guard, a move billed as historic and aimed straight at boosting America... Read More


Ukraine seeks control of Donbass territory while marginalizing its ethnic Russian population

Bangladesh, Oct. 30 -- James Carden, former US State Department Russia Policy Adviser has faced criticism in certain circles over his otherwise underreported comments during a recent interview to Aust... Read More


Trumps bail out of Argentina backfires

Bangladesh, Oct. 29 -- US President Donald Trump has just made news by stating that his Argentinean counterpart, Javier Milei, “had a lot of help” from Washington to secure his partys midt... Read More


Trumps billion-dollar push turning Australia into Americas Indo-Pacific arsenal

Bangladesh, Oct. 26 -- In the busy Indo-Pacific, where over 60 percent of global sea trade flows, the US, UK, and Australia are deepening their strategic alignment. This week, during Australian Prime ... Read More


‘Epstein Files may not be released any time soon

Bangladesh, Oct. 21 -- Much has been written about Cold War-era links between the CIA, organized crime, and drug trafficking, often via right-wing anti-communist groups like the Nicaraguan Contras &#8... Read More


Trumps ‘America First retrenchment hollows out the Quad

Bangladesh, Oct. 17 -- The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue — or “Quad” — has long been hyped as the seeds of an “Asian NATO.” Made up of the US, Japan, India, and A... Read More


Pakistan-Afghanistan clashes signal dangerous shift in Eurasian geopolitics

Bangladesh, Oct. 16 -- Earlier this month, Taliban-ruled Afghanistan formally accused Pakistan of carrying out airstrikes in Kabul and in eastern provinces: the Pakistani authorities in Islamabad have... Read More


Nord Stream saga has taken a new twist over arrest of Ukrainian citizen

Bangladesh, Oct. 14 -- The arrest of a Ukrainian national accused of helping blow up the Nord Stream pipelines is deepening mistrust within the EU. As Kyiv allegedly pressures Warsaw, Berlin struggles... Read More