Security
Spotlight: Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq A major humanitarian crisis is brewing as Iraqi and Kurdish troops try to take back Mosul from the so- called Islamic State. The effort which has lasted more than two weeks is ...
On December 30, Bangladesh went to the polls with the outcome certain to alter domestic politics. In the elections, Sheikh Hasina, the daughter of Bangladesh’s founding father, Sheikh Mujibar Rahman, won her third consecutive term ...
By Sudhir Selvaraj In early December, the Institute for Economics and Peace, published the sixth edition of the Global Terrorism Index. The report aims to describe general trends and patterns of terrorist activities across the ...
On Tuesday, the results for the elections of five Indian states were announced. The significance of these elections cannot be overstated. Collectively, the states represent a large share of the Indian population and includes large ...
The National Climate Assessment (NCA) released its much-awaited report this past week on the Impacts and Risks of climate change to the United States. This report was created by representation across numerous US governmental agencies. ...
In recent years there has been a decline in peacefulness in most regions of the world and the largest deterioration was observed in South America. The most peaceful regions were Europe, North America and the ...
By Sudhir Selvaraj Absolute chaos has descended on Sri Lankan politics over the past few weeks described as a “constitutional crisis”. Things got so bad earlier this week that parliamentarians got into a brawl during a ...
By Sudhir Selvaraj After the US midterm elections, the House of Representatives will be led by the Democratic Party for the first time in eight years. The Republicans have extended their control over the US Senate. ...
The United States go to the polls on 6 November for their mid-term elections. President Trump’s name is not on the ballot but these elections are inevitably viewed as a barometer of the performance of ...
General Idris Alkali, a retired military officer and a Muslim was killed, presumably, on his way from Abuja to Bauchi, in a-not-too-clear circumstance except the fact that the Nigerian army said his cell phone’s last ...
