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By Rita Bhowmick (Dhaka Bureau): Many Birangonas (female war heroes/victims) who were subjected to brutal torture by the Pakistani occupying forces and their collaborators (Razakars) during the Great Liberation War could not return to their families. Due to negative societal reactions, their relatives did not accept them normally. Moreover, many tortured women voluntarily hid themselves…

The Casalecchio di Reno Massacre Exactly 35 years ago, on 6 December 1990, an out-of-control Italian Air Force Aermacchi MB-326 crashed into the Salvemini Institute in Casalecchio di Reno (Bologna), killing 12 young people and injuring 88 others, including students and school staff. The aircraft had suffered a failure. After about ten minutes of flight,…

From 7 to 12 September 2025, NOVACT held the seventh edition of Rizoma in Tunis, bringing together 18 young participants for a week of training, field visits and collective learning. The programme aimed to strengthen skills, foster collaboration and create meaningful encounters with local organisations working on human rights, press freedom and community-based initiatives.  …

The Pamoja kwa Amani Coalition (C-PKA) is closely monitoring the various stages of the Doha and Washington peace processes. The Pamoja kwa Amani Coalition welcomes the signing on December 4, 2025, in Washington, D.C., United States of America, by Their Excellencies Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame, of the peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of…

This research policy paper explores opportunities for export control authorities to adopt artificial intelligence and distributed ledger technology—and to adapt to the adoption of these technologies by exporters—in order to reduce biological weapon proliferation risks.

This research policy paper examines how emerging technologies intersect with biological research in high-containment laboratories (HCLs)—facilities designed to safely handle pathogens that cause infectious disease

In November and December, SIPRI hosted two events on risk reduction.

An extraordinary catalog of US interference – amounting to an electoral coup – may have destroyed what was already a struggling democracy in Honduras. Trump has succeeded in closing the door to progressive government and in all likelihood his preferred neoliberal candidate – previously trailing in many opinion polls – will be declared president when…

The word Rohingya refugee is about to settle in a dictionary now. Only woes continue for Rohingya refugees and make the atmosphere hostile, dump, nasty, and self-contained interest of some neighboring countries. Above one million Rohingya refugees are now becoming a burden for Bangladesh, which has suffered chronic difficulties not only in getting the way…