During the Forus network’s General Assembly which took place in Gaborone, Botswana, civil society organisations from across 65 countries highlighted the challenges facing them globally in an increasingly polarised and crisis-hit world. Participants discussed strategic foresight, policy demands and capacity strengthening – scanning the horizon for emerging and chronic issues affecting
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Russian forces attack Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, striking on new front
Israel demolishes West Bank home of Palestinian accused of attack
Israeli troops on Monday blew up the home of a Palestinian accused of killing a British-Israeli woman and her two daughters in the occupied West Bank last year. The apartment of Moaz al-Masry, who was killed by Israeli forces following the April 7 attack, was demolished in the early hours, Palestinian
Attack on Rafah would be ‘nail in coffin’ of Gaza aid: UN chief
A full-scale Israeli military operation in Rafah would deliver a death blow to aid programmes in Gaza, where humanitarian assistance remains "completely insufficient", the UN chief warned Monday. Speaking before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Antonio Guterres said that Gaza's southernmost city, where more than 1.4 million Palestinians are
22 people killed in attack in western Niger: local sources
48-hr Countrywide Blockade Violence, arson attack 1st day blockade
The first day of the the BNP and like-minded opposition parties' 48-hour nationwide blockade, has been marked by stray incidents of violence, including clashes with police and torching vehicles on Sunday. The blockade that started at 6am on Sunday will end at 6 am on Tuesday. Pickets were seen torching vehicles in
Supplementary charge-sheet filed over attack on ex-US Ambassador
The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has filed a supplementary charge sheet against nine people, including a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader, in connection with the attack on former US Ambassador Marcia Bernicat's convoy in Dhaka's Mohammadpur area. The charge sheet was submitted to the court on September 19.
Terrorist attack took place in Ankara: Turkey
A "terrorist attack" took place near Turkey's parliament in Ankara on Sunday leaving two police officers injured, the interior ministry said. The ministry said two attackers arrived in a commercial vehicle around 9:30 am (0630 GMT) "in front of the entrance gate of the General Directorate of Security of our Ministry
Hit back, if anyone tries to attack: Quader urges party men
UN peacekeeper killed in attack on helicopter in DR Congo
A United Nations peacekeeper from South Africa was killed and another wounded in an attack on their helicopter in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, the organisation said. The aircraft came under fire at around 3:00 pm (1200 GMT) during a flight to Goma, the provincial capital of Nord-Kivu province,