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Spain and Portugal crack down on cocaine networks as traffickers evolve tactics

Bangladesh, Sept. 18 -- Spain and Portugal, long considered entry points for cocaine into Europe, have launched a sweeping series of operations against transnational drug trafficking groups, culminati... Read More


Prison labor exposes Americas unfinished abolition and enduring legacy of slavery

Bangladesh, Sept. 18 -- The United States likes to present itself as the land of freedom, a nation that abolished slavery and stood on the side of liberty. Yet the truth is more complicated, and for m... Read More


Trump declares Antifa a terrorist organization following Charlie Kirk assassination

Bangladesh, Sept. 18 -- US President Donald Trump has escalated his campaign against left-wing extremism by officially designating the loose-knit Antifa movement as a “terrorist organization.&#8... Read More


Georgias largest money laundering case exposes deep systemic flaws

Bangladesh, Sept. 18 -- On September 15, the Georgian Prosecutors Office announced the detention of Kakha Kotorashvili, a 49-year-old businessman and head of the currency exchange firm Fin, accusing h... Read More


Japan unlikely to recognize ‘Palestine as a state

Bangladesh, Sept. 18 -- Will Japan recognize a “Palestinian state” at the upcoming United Nations session? Apparently, it seems it would. Historically, Japan has supported a two-state solu... Read More


Eurasian bloc and India push toward free trade agreement by 2026

Bangladesh, Sept. 17 -- The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), a post-Soviet bloc consisting of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Armenia, has formally stepped up efforts to conclude a free tr... Read More


Interpol-led operation seizes record $6.5 billion in synthetic drugs

Bangladesh, Sept. 17 -- In a sweeping crackdown on the global narcotics trade, an Interpol-led operation has resulted in the largest seizure of synthetic drugs in the organizations history. The two-we... Read More


Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Nile crisis escalating tensions over the Renaissance Dam

Bangladesh, Sept. 17 -- The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has once again emerged as a flashpoint in regional politics, symbolizing national pride for Ethiopia and existential peril for Egypt.... Read More


Quetta bombings and the proxy puzzle: Is ISKP Pakistans New weapon against Baloch nationalism?

Bangladesh, Sept. 17 -- For years, Kabul has accused Islamabad of using the Islamic States Khorasan arm (ISKP) as a pawn in its regional game. That charge, long dismissed as rhetoric, is looking harde... Read More


Tommy Robinsons London march signals far-right mainstreaming and political shifts in Britain

Bangladesh, Sept. 17 -- Once a marginal figure on Britains far-right fringe, activist Tommy Robinson drew a crowd estimated at 150,000 to a weekend march in London, leaving the country grappling with ... Read More