by Theo Guzman
The denial is direct, in no uncertain terms and comes from an authoritative source. “My mother has never been under house arrest. This is a lie. People need to know that“. This is explained by Kim Aris,...
by Raffaele Crocco
The newspapers write: the war between Israel and Hamas has reached day 373. As if it all started on 7 October 2023. They forget the preceding decades, all the years that fuelled hatred in each side, regardless...
Poverty is deeply entrenched in Afghanistan. This can be attributed in part to the country’s physical isolation, rugged terrain and often harsh climate; to underlying cultural norms, especially with regard to the rights of women; and to its recurring...
by Michele Zaccheo* - InDepthNews
In a surprise move, legislators made the UN chief an honorary citizen of their southeast Asian island nation during the celebrations in the capital Dili, prompting the UN chief to declare he was proud to...
by Sofia Silei
In 1994, a remarkable story began in Cambodia, a country emerging from the shadows of a brutal past. Nine Cambodian refugees, who had spent years in exile in a Thai border camp during the Khmer Rouge regime,...
by Subir Bhaumik (from Calcutta)*
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s unceremonious exit from the country was clearly under military pressure, as the army was not willing to enforce her orders for a further crackdown on the student protests. She was...
“Young people and people from every range of life across Bangladesh, across the entire country, came out on the streets to celebrate,” UN Resident Coordinator Gwyn Lewis remarked.
Some of the celebrations following Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation took a...
by Higerta Gjergji
The Grameen Bank, set up by economist Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh, is a microcredit institution that lends small unsecured loans to people who don’t fit the traditional borrower profile, such as those in rural or underdeveloped areas....
In a report issued on 30 July, Amnesty International states that Greece must change the law to stop people seeking asylum from being locked up in the EU-funded “Closed Controlled Access Centre” on the island of Samos. The organisation...
“We are only halfway through the monsoon season, yet the rainfall, damage and destruction have been devastating,” Sanjay Wijesekera, Unicef Regional Director for South Asia, said in a news release.
In Nepal, 109 people, including children, have died due to...
