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Bangladesh arrests politician over journalist’s murder
Bangladesh police today arrested a politician accused of masterminding the murder of a journalist who had written stories…
UN Peacekeeping Chief Urged to Raise Rights Concerns in Bangladesh Visit
Human Rights Watch and other rights organizations have urged U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix to “publicly…
Central Asia, European Union Seek to Strengthen Interregional Ties
Central Asian and European Union officials reaffirmed their willingness to deepen interregional cooperation during the tenth anniversary meeting…
Locusts destroy Afghanistan crops amid severe food crisis
Hundreds of thousands of locusts have descended on crops in northern Afghanistan under the helpless gaze of farmers…
Afghanistan’s Taliban needs money so badly they are selling tickets to monuments their own fighters smashed to pieces: report
The Taliban are selling tickets to vist the site of ancient monuments they themselves blasted to pieces in…
Bangladesh set 662 target for Afghanistan in Dhaka Test
Bangladesh declared their second innings at 425-4 on Friday in their one-off Test against Afghanistan in Dhaka, setting…
Tajikistan: Decree bans funerals for alleged “terrorists”, denies relatives bodies
Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Central Asia (15/6 – 60) On 28 April, President Emomali Rahmon who has ruled Tajikistan since…
China Unveils ‘Grandiose Plan’ for Central Asia
In the three decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation and China have pursued…
The Importance of Female Islamic Activism in Kyrgyzstan
The international community, in seeking to pursue cooperation in the region, ought to look to Muslim women as…
Mongolian Wrestling
The Naadam wrestling competition begins after the opening ceremony and continues for two days until only one champion…