International Relations

A Russian serviceman stands guard beside a reactor building at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Enerhodar, southern Ukraine

Ukraine Strikes Near Europe’s Largest Nuclear Plant Kill Russian Nuclear Specialist, Wound 17

A drone at a bus stop used by Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant workers killed one and caused 20 casualties in all, the IAEA now says, having twice revised an earlier figure. Two days

August 23, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Tarique Rahman, prime minister of Bangladesh, addressing the nation on 18 February 2026

Tarique Rahman: From a Life Sentence to Prime Minister

Twenty-four people were killed at a Dhaka rally in 2004 and nobody is convicted of it. Every major conviction against Tarique Rahman was overturned within ten months of the fall of the

August 23, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Taslima Nasrin speaking at a podium at the Reason Rally in Washington DC in 2012

Taslima Nasrin: 32 Years of Exile and No Way Home

In 1993 clerics put a price on Taslima Nasrin's head; in 1994 the Bangladeshi state issued an arrest warrant, and it was for her. Thirty-two years later no government has let her

August 23, 2026

Books·Government and Politics·News

Tarique Rahman shakes hands with President Shahabuddin at Bangladesh parliament oath ceremony February 2026

UN Flags Al-Qaeda Threat in Bangladesh as Tarique Rahman Faces Islamist Pressure at Home

The United Nations Security Council has warned that Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent is aggressively building terrorist networks in Bangladesh, as Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's government insists militancy no longer exists and

August 23, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Shafiqur Rahman, Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Leader of the Opposition, photographed in Dhaka

Shafiqur Rahman: Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and Leader of the Opposition

Shafiqur Rahman is a Sylhet physician who took over a banned party in 2019, was jailed for 15 months, and in February 2026 led Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami to 68 seats and the office

August 23, 2026

Government and Politics·Reports

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in archival photo related to Epstein Files case

Epstein Files: Judge Slams DOJ for Repeated Transparency Failures as Victims Settle

Federal Judge Emmet Sullivan publicly rebuked Justice Department lawyers at an August 13 hearing over a growing list of Epstein Files Transparency Act violations, as Epstein victims reached a civil settlement and

August 22, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Rashtrapati Bhavan hosts a banquet for leaders of neighbouring countries in New Delhi in June 2024

India Issued and Withdrew a Notice Confirming Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman’s Delhi Visit

India's President's office said on Friday that Saturday's Change of Guard ceremony was off because of a full rehearsal for the ceremonial welcome of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. About an hour

August 22, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Wide view of the United Nations Security Council chamber in New York during a meeting

AQIS, Terror accused Freed on Bail in Dhaka Has Been Unaccounted For 22 Months

Maulana Ikramul Haque, whom Bangladeshi investigators describe as the second-ranking figure in al-Qaeda's South Asian branch and whom Indian police call most wanted, walked out of a high-security jail near Dhaka on

August 22, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Oil tankers navigating the Strait of Hormuz as Somalia piracy surges in Gulf of Aden

Somalia Piracy: Iran-Linked Tanker Sibu 1 Seized as Gulf of Aden Attacks Hit 13 in 2026

Somali pirates seized the Sibu 1, a US-sanctioned oil tanker accused of carrying Iranian petroleum, off Yemen's coast on August 21 — the thirteenth piracy attack in the Gulf of Aden this

August 22, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha observe a nationwide minute of silence in central Kyiv

German Foreign Minister Reached Kyiv by Rail Hours After a Strike on the Railway

A ballistic missile killed a railway foreman in Kyiv early Saturday, hours before Johann Wadephul's train pulled into the same city. What Germany's foreign minister brought with him was not a weapons

August 22, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

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Ukraine Strikes Near Europe’s Largest Nuclear Plant Kill Russian Nuclear Specialist, Wound 17

Tarique Rahman: From a Life Sentence to Prime Minister

Taslima Nasrin: 32 Years of Exile and No Way Home

UN Flags Al-Qaeda Threat in Bangladesh as Tarique Rahman Faces Islamist Pressure at Home

Shafiqur Rahman: Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and Leader of the Opposition

Epstein Files: Judge Slams DOJ for Repeated Transparency Failures as Victims Settle

India Issued and Withdrew a Notice Confirming Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman’s Delhi Visit

AQIS, Terror accused Freed on Bail in Dhaka Has Been Unaccounted For 22 Months

Somalia Piracy: Iran-Linked Tanker Sibu 1 Seized as Gulf of Aden Attacks Hit 13 in 2026

German Foreign Minister Reached Kyiv by Rail Hours After a Strike on the Railway

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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