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Nigeria and the Sahel: A growing securit...

Nigeria and the Sahel: A growing security divide

Nigeria and the Sahel: A growing security divide ## Divergent Approaches Hamper Sahel Security Cooperation **Abuja, Nigeria –** A deepening diplomatic schism between Nigeria and key Sahelian nations is increasingly undermining collaborative efforts to address a burgeoning cross-border security... read more »

Palestinian teen shot and killed in West...

Palestinian teen shot and killed in West Bank attack, UN responds

Palestinian teen shot and killed in West Bank attack, UN responds **West Bank Violence Claims Young Palestinian Life, International Concern Grows** A 17-year-old Palestinian youth has died and another individual sustained critical injuries following an apparent attack by Israeli settlers in the... read more »

Inundated Philippine communities seek an...

Inundated Philippine communities seek answers over flood control funds

Inundated Philippine communities seek answers over flood control funds **Flood-Stricken Provinces Demand Transparency on Infrastructure Funding** **Northern Philippines Grapples with Recurrent Flooding Amidst Questions of Fund Allocation** Northern Philippine communities, repeatedly submerged by... read more »

It was a tsunami: Floods leave death tra...

It was a tsunami: Floods leave death trail in Indias Assam

It was a tsunami: Floods leave death trail in Indias Assam **Assam Reels Under Catastrophic Floods: A Human Tragedy Unfolds** **GUWAHATI, India** – The northeastern Indian state of Assam is grappling with a devastating flood crisis, characterized by widespread destruction and a tragic loss of... read more »

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Israel claims nearly 1,000 acres of West Bank land near Bethlehem

JERUSALEM: Israel laid claim on Sunday to nearly 1,000 acres of West Bank land in a Jewish settlement bloc near Bethlehem — a step that could herald significant Israeli construction in the area... read more »

Man in China kills 2 in knife attack at school

Officials said a 40-year-old man stabbed students and teachers with a knife at a school in central China, killing two people and injuring four before... read more »

Pakistan protestors head to Nawaz Sharif’s house

Protestors in Islamabad on Monday moved beyond the Secretariat area and headed towards the Prime Minister’s House. At least five people were injured as the... read more »

3 dead in protests, Pakistan army meets, says won’t bac...

The Pakistan military Sunday expressed serious concern over the prevailing political turmoil in the country, with the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif... read more »

Egyptian court sentences Brotherhood leader Badie to li...

CAIRO: An Egyptian court sentenced Mohamed Badie, general guide of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, and seven others to life in prison on Saturday for inciting... read more »

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Drones are world's 'weapon of choice', says U.N. expert

Drones are world’s ‘weapon of choice’, says U.N...

Washington – A United Nations expert has said drones are the world’s ‘weapons of choice’. A special reporter on human rights and countering terrorism at the U.N., Ben... read more »

No confirmation on invitees for Syria conference: UN

UN: Syria on target to destroy chemical arms

Syria is on target to meet a looming deadline to destroy its chemical weapons production equipment, even though inspectors have yet to visit all... read more »

Young Saudis urged to avoid Syria war

Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh

Saudi Arabia’s highest religious authority, the grand mufti Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh, has told young Saudis they should not go to Syria to fight in the... read more »

Obama, Netanyahu discuss Iran, Israeli-Palestinian peac...

Obama, Netanyahu discuss Iran, Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss issues including Iran and the... read more »

Israel’s release of Palestinian prisoners advance...

Israel's release of Palestinian prisoners advances peace talks

JERUSALEM – The Israeli government approved Sunday the release of 26 Palestinian prisoners despite strong opposition from ultra-right ministers. The... read more »

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Myanmar: The Architecture of Statelessness

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