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By Abdul Rahman Courtesy  InDepthNews DHAKA, Bangladesh | 18 September 2024 (IDN) — On September 16, the Bangladeshi police arrested two senior journalists, Mozammel Babu and Shyamal Dutta when they were allegedly trying to leave the country. With their arrests, the total number of journalists arrested since the coming of the interim government in power […]

By Juan Cole At least one thing is now obvious in the Middle East: the Biden administration has failed abjectly in its objectives there, leaving the region in dangerous disarray. Its primary stated foreign policy goal has been to rally its partners in the region to cooperate with the extremist Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu […]

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By P.K.Balachandran  Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, September 3: The ouster of the Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by a student-led movement on August 5, has muddied South Asia’s waters. India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and China, are all impacted, for better or worse. Hasina’s exit in a cloud is a grave setback for India, but it opens new […]

Daniel Flitton Courtesy The Interpreter Two recent court cases have raised uncomfortablequestions about diplomatic immunity. Advocates claim to have helped as many as 20 domestic workers suffering unfair conditions in diplomatic households in Canberra over the years (Getty Images) Australia has seen two extraordinary cases brought before the courts in recent months that have tested […]

by Sana Khan Courtesy Counterpunch The brutal crackdown on the Bangladeshi protestors led to the ouster of Shiekh Hasina, the ruling queen of Bangladesh. Well, my area of expertise is not Bangladeshi political sensitivities. I want to discuss a broader perspective on the right to protest, especially in developing countries like Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and […]

Dialogue Works Paul Craig Roberts (PCR) has had careers in scholarship and academia, journalism, public service, and business. He is chairman of The Institute for Political Economy. President Reagan appointed Dr. Roberts Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy and he was confirmed in office by the U.S. Senate. From 1975 to 1978, Dr. […]

Jeffrey D. Sachs Courtesy Common Dreams org The very strong evidence of the U.S. role in toppling the government of Imran Khan in Pakistan raises the likelihood that something similar may have occurred in Bangladesh. Two former leaders of major South Asian countries have reportedly accused the United States of covert regime change operations to […]

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Courtesy MalayMail A file photograph shows a group of monkeys near a temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka. — Reuters pic KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 20 — A British woman named Adriana Orme has pleaded guilty to her involvement in a global monkey torture network that was uncovered by a BBC investigation. According to the British news […]

Judge Napolitano – Judging Freedom

By Kit Klarenberg Courtesy MintPress News Aug 9, 2024 Ever since July 29, Britain has been plunged into crisis, with incendiary far-riot rights sending towns and cities across the country spiraling into states of emergency. Vast mobs of armed, angry thugs, motivated by racist, Islamophobic animus, have vandalized homes, property and places of worship, violently […]

Geopolitical Economy Report The US government supported protests that overthrew Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. New interim leader Muhammad Yunus has been cultivated by Washington for decades. Ben Norton discusses the geopolitical reasons for the regime change; the roles of India, China, and Russia; and the Pentagon’s desire to build a strategic military base on […]

George Galloway If Iran does not respond the Israeli regime will only become more aggressive, says Prof Seyed Marandi. It’s a regime that only understands force.

by Richard D. Wolff Courtesy counterpunch In the wake of his huge defeat on June 30, 2024, when 80 percent of voters rejected French centrist” President Emmanuel Macron, he said he understood the French people’s anger. In the UK, Conservative loser Rishi Sunak said the same about the British people’s anger, as Labor leader Starmer […]

By Arif Rafiq Courtesy GlobelyNews The Adani Group is hit with fresh corruption allegations as newly revealed documents link India’s market regulator chairperson to Adani offshore companies. India’s second-richest man Gautam Adani is at the center of a new corruption scandal, with the accusations coming from a familiar source. On Monday, investment firm Hindenburg Research released excerpts of what […]

Dialogue Works Gilbert Doctorow is a professional Russia watcher and actor in Russian affairs going back to 1965. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College (1967), a past Fulbright scholar, and holder of a Ph.D. with honors in history from Columbia University (1975). After completing his studies, Mr. Doctorow pursued a business […]

Courtesy Hiru News Before she resigned as Bangladesh Prime Minister and fled her Dhaka residence, Sheikh Hasina wanted to address the nation, especially the protesters whose agitation forced her to quit the top job. That speech was never delivered as the protesters reached her doorstep and the country’s top security officers advised to leave at […]

By Shishir Gupta Courtesy Thre Hindustan Times Bangladesh’s proximity towards China and deepening bilateral military cooperation had raised red flags in New Delhi and Washington. New Delhi: While Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Khaleda Zia has justified Islamist murderous fury against minority Hindus and Indian establishments as anger against India for giving refuge to Sheikh Hasina, fact is that […]

Courtesy BBC News The faces of the riots Some of the people convicted in connection to the recent violent disorder https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm23y7l01v8o

Courtesy BBC Graham Fraser Technology reporter For days, similar scenes have played out across England and parts of Northern Ireland – unrest, communities in fear, a huge police presence, with the flames being fanned by social media. For days, journalists at BBC News have been contacting big tech companies, trying to find out what they […]

By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, August 8: In a revolutionary move, the Interim Government formed in Bangladesh on Thursday after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ouster by a student agitation, includes two student leaders, Nahid Islam and Asif Mahmud. This may well be the first time in the world that student agitators who had toppled a […]

Courtesy The Straits Times DHAKA/NEW DELHI – Hundreds of Bangladeshi Hindus have tried unsuccessfully to flee to India this week after many homes and businesses of the minority community were vandalised following the overthrow of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council said that 45 out of 64 districts in the […]

Courtesy Al Jazeera Indian media make claims linking China and Pakistani intelligence to Bangladesh protests and exaggerate scale of attacks on Hindus. By Faisal Mahmud and Saqib Sarker Dhaka, Bangladesh – Within hours of Sheikh Hasina’s removal from power after a student-led mass uprising, reports began to appear in some Indian media outlets that members of Hindu minorities in […]

Evening Standard The Met police chief, Sir Mark Rowley, has praised the show of force and unity from communities” that defeated the threat from far-right troublemakers yesterday, after thousands of anti-racism protesters lined streets of the capital. Our Crime Correspondent, Anthony France, explains what exactly happened, how racist thugs are being fast-tracked through our justice […]

Courtesy France24 Bangladesh’s military chief announced on Wednesday that an interim government, headed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, will be sworn in on Thursday. The move follows former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation and departure to India, with the new administration aiming to restore stability after widespread unrest. Bangladesh’s military chief said Wednesday that an […]

Courtesy VOA The night before long-time leader Sheikh Hasina abruptly fled Bangladesh amid deadly protests, her army chief held a meeting with his generals and decided that troops would not open fire on civilians to enforce a curfew, two serving army officers with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters.— Gen. Waker-Uz-Zaman then reached out to […]

Courtesy The Daily News (Sri Lanka) Colombo, August 5: Following the month long violent unrest over the job quota issue in Bangladesh, and upon the intervention of the Bangladesh army chief Gen.Waker-uz Zaman, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday flew out of the country, the daily Prothom Alo reported. Army Chief Gen. Zaman began a meeting […]