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Demands for Political Will and Inter-Ministerial Coordination by Rita Bhowmik (Dhaka Bureau) Ahead of the upcoming 13th National Parliamentary Election in Bangladesh, eminent citizens and environmentalists have issued a stern demand to the government to protect the country’s endangered haors (wetlands), canals, and water bodies. They warned that if the enforcement of existing laws and…

As International Zero Waste Month draws to a close, environmental NGO BAN Toxics urged the Philippine government to abandon plans to pursue waste-to-energy (WTE) as a solution to the country’s escalating waste problem. The call came after Congresswoman Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo announced during the 25th anniversary of RA 9003, or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act…

Redirecting Iran’s oil exports from China to India in exchange for partial US sanctions relief could avert another American attack by satisfying its goal of depriving China of some of the resources that it requires for maintaining its rapid superpower rise without risking a potentially disastrous regional war. The US’ deployment of an aircraft carrier…

Today, January 29th, the European peace walk “Peacewalk to Jerusalem” was presented to the press at the house of associations for peace and rights in Trieste “Danilo Dolci” . Connect with the Peacewalk from Europe to Jerusalem (2026-2027) and help us make it happen! Participate for a day, a week, a month, or the entire…

What distinguishes Sudan’s catastrophe—stretching from earlier civil wars through Darfur and into the present conflict between rival military powers—is not only the scale of suffering, but the way violence has become structural, embedded in the very organization of political power. The war is not merely a breakdown of order; it is the triumph of a…

The International Peace Bureau (IPB) stands with Education International (EI) in condemning the Israeli occupation authorities for denying entry to, detaining, interrogating, and forcibly removing a delegation of education workers’ leaders who planned to mark the International Day of Education alongside Palestinian colleagues. The actions of Israel demonstrate their increasing efforts to isolate Palestinians from…

The growing call to boycott the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States marks a rare moment when global sport, geopolitics, and civil society collide in full public view. With former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and European political and football figures openly questioning the tournament’s legitimacy, what began as scattered criticism has evolved into a sustained…

Strong allegations have been reflected in the public sphere concerning extra-judicial executions, forced displacement, bombing of civilian settlements and urban infrastructure, arbitrary detention, torture and other forms of ill-treatment during the operation launched by HTS against the neighbourhoods of Sheikh Maksut and Ashrafiye in Aleppo, Syria, where Kurds, Alevis, Assyrians, Yazidis and Armenians live. The…

Residents of Villa Montahue, a neighborhood surrounded by forest plantations, face increasingly frequent fires. Experts warn that climate change, lack of urban planning, and an unregulated extractivist forestry model are turning the territory into a recurring trap, while the country will soon forget once again. On clear days, Villa Montahue, on the hilltops south of…

This research policy paper provides decision makers with seven questions for discussion to maintain the European Union’s Civilian Common Security and Defence Policy’s strategic relevance.