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When Code Replaces Conscience

by Irshad Ahmad Mughal & Dr. Qurat al Ain Rana In the last century, millions perished in the fires of the First and Second World Wars. Europe, proud of its philosophy and its progress, burned the world in the name…

Iranian people should have the right to choose their living conditions

President Donald Trump warned on Friday that limited strikes against Iran are possible even as the country’s top diplomat said Tehran expects to have a proposed deal ready in the next few days following nuclear talks with the United States.…

Trump’s Tariff Drama and Dhaka’s Diplomatic Daze

by Asif Showkat Kallol  Global politics often features characters whose mere presence shakes the stage. Donald Trump belongs to that rare category of politicians who treat law as an obstacle, courts as inconveniences, and tariffs as a universal political weapon.…

Artificial Intelligence as a New Structure of Power: Freedom, Responsibility, and Algorithmic Governance

by Irshad Ahmad Mughal & Dr.Qurat al Ain Rana  Every age invents a power that promises liberation and secretly reorganizes obedience. Fire freed humanity from darkness but bound it to settlement. Writing preserved memory yet transferred truth from living voices…

Global Days of Action to #CloseBases

Military bases, especially foreign ones — current and sought — generate wars. The United States has used its bases in Latin America and the Caribbean to attack Venezuela, while threatening to take over Greenland to build more bases there. Iran is…

Don’t Read Too Deeply Into The Iranian-Russian-Chinese Naval Drills

They aren’t meant to deter the US and Israel like some Alt-Media observers believe. Iran, Russia, and China are carrying out the latest round of their annual joint naval drills in the Strait of Hormuz right as Trump is reportedly considering whether to authorize…

Interview with Emad Kiyaei about the ongoing negotiations between Iran and the U.S.

Diplomacy at the Brink: Iran, the United States, and the Stakes of Peace in the Middle East David interviewed Emad Kiyaei, co-director of the Middle East Treaty Organization, to discuss the ongoing negotiations between Iran and the United States currently…

Bangladesh Moves to Delay LDC Graduation Amid Warnings over Structural Vulnerabilities

by Asif Showkat Kollol (Dhaka Bureau) Bangladesh has formally begun efforts to seek a three-year postponement of its graduation from Least Developed Country (LDC) status, reopening a debate over whether the country is better served by delay or by confronting the risks…

The Decapitation that Failed: Venezuela after the Abduction of President Maduro

The kidnapping of a sitting head of state marks a grave escalation in US-Venezuela relations. By seizing Venezuela’s constitutional president, Washington signaled both its disregard for international law and its confidence that it would face little immediate consequence. By Roger…

Can BNP’s Tarique Rahman Regime in Dhaka Turn Friendly to India?

As Bangladesh has constituted a new government under the leadership of  Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) after a largely fair and peaceful national election on 12 February 2026, the people of eastern India (the region virtually embraces the poverty stricken country…

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