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    Pakistan: 2023 ends with 70% Increase in Militant Attacks, 81% Rise in Deaths

    The average militant attacks per month rose from 32 in 2022 to 54 attacks per month in 2023. This is the highest monthly average...
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    Democracy

    ASEAN’s Credibility and Centrality on the Line amid Crisis in Myanmar

    During the Cold War, ASEAN states found a unifying rationale — holding back communism at the Mekong River. The unifying force of anti-communism served...
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    Global Governance

    Have Nordic Countries Surrendered their Historic Neutrality by Signing Military Deals with the United States?

    In less than a month, the US has signed three separate defense agreements with countries like Sweden, Finland, and Denmark, to ramp up the...
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    Democracy

    Pakistan to Deport Afghan Refugees by February 29

    Pakistan's Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said that Pakistan can no longer compromise its national security by accommodating huge number of undocumented immigrants. Pakistan's Caretaker...
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    Civil society

    UN Staffers Face Threat of Being Forced Out of the US– at Retirement

    This development may affect the ability of United Nations' staff members who hold G-4 visas to continue to reside in the United States following...
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    Empowerment

    Swat Women Won’t Be ‘Duped’ by Militants This Time

    Instead of giving the women what the TTP promised, they took away their right to life altogether. They were forced to give up jobs...
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    Labour

    UN Plans a New Mobility Scheme Where Staffers will be Forced to Work Overseas

    According to UN estimates last year, the total strength of its staff worldwide is more than 315,000 with over 56 UN agencies, and approximately...
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    Features

    Colombia’s ‘dinosaur of peace’

    Colombia’s 2016 Peace Agreement has led to an unexpected outcome: the discovery of a new species of dinosaur. Researchers now know that, around 175 million...
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    NABARD Boosts Rural Heritage: 28 New GI Tags Take Total to 176

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    Nepal’s Recurring Credit Booms: A Pattern of Boom and Bust

    International lessons, from global financial crises to regional experiences, highlight that unmanaged credit booms rarely end well.
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