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    How Putin Underestimated Ukraine

    After three weeks of the Russian invasion, it seemed that despite military superiority, the Russian army is confused and demoralised. On the other hand,...
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    Human rights

    Russia Suspended from Human Rights Council

    The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Thursday with two-thirds of member countries calling for Russia to be suspended from the Human Rights...
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    Human rights

    Ukraine’s President Calls on Security Council to Act for Peace, or ‘Dissolve’ Itself

    In an impassioned address to the Security Council that evoked the ashen destruction wrought during the Second World War, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday described...
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    Civil society

    Sanctions on Russia: Economic Weapons of Mass Destruction

    In addition to supplying Ukraine with military weapons, governments around the world also have deployed economic weapons against Russia — a dangerous nuclear power....
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    Civil society

    War in Ukraine Morally Unacceptable, Politically Indefensible, Militarily Nonsensical

    The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has received credible allegations that Russian armed forces have used cluster munitions in populated...
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    Finance and Economy

    The Lessons of the Economic War on Russia

    Counterintuitively — at least to defence hawks who see economic openness as a threat — the collective economic sanctions imposed after Russia’s brutal invasion...
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    Governance

    UN’s Guterres Must be Visibly Proactive as Peacemaker in Ukraine

    Briefing reporters on Ukraine, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that the latest developments in Ukraine are testing “the entire international system”. He added “we...
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    Agri-business

    Ukraine war poses growing threat to global food security

    The Ukraine crisis could lead to millions more people going hungry. Wheat prices have soared following the Russian invasion of the country and global...
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    China Sets Ambitious 725 Million Tonne Grain Target by 2030 to Fortify Food Security

    China has placed food security at the centre of its national strategy, setting a binding target to raise annual grain production capacity to 725 million metric tonnes by 2030.
    Bangladesh

    Rivers Swallow Land Five Times the Size of Dhaka in Five Decades

    Gaibandha faces the largest land loss among the Jamuna sites, while Kurigram risks the greatest settlement area.
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    Sri Lanka Seeks India’s Backing in War on Indian Ocean Drug Trafficking

    The appeal came during a high-level meeting with visiting Indian Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh on 9 September 2026, the first such visit by an Indian defence minister in 38 years.
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    Rivers Swallow Land Five Times the Size of Dhaka in Five Decades

    Gaibandha faces the largest land loss among the Jamuna sites, while Kurigram risks the greatest settlement area.
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