Latest developments in Israel-Hamas war

Fighting has raged for more than two weeks in the Gaza Strip after Hamas gunmen stormed into Israel on October 7, killing at least 1,400 people, according to Israeli officials. More than 5,000 Palestinians, mainly civilians, have been killed across Gaza in relentless Israeli bombardments in retaliation for the attacks, the

Ukraine-Russia War Putin puts hypersonic missiles on subs

Russia is in the process of equipping its new nuclear submarines with hypersonic Zircon missiles, the head of Russia's largest shipbuilder told the RIA state news agency in an interview published on Monday. "Multi-purpose nuclear submarines of the Yasen-M project will ... be equipped with the Zircon missile system on a

UN chief fears Ukraine war will go on

UN chief Antonio Guterres said Monday he was pessimistic that Russia's war in Ukraine would end soon but he hoped it would be over by the end of next year. "I am not optimistic about the possibility of effective peace talks in the immediate future," he told reporters during his annual

Oil exporters make markets, not war

The decision to cut oil production by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies as of Nov. 1 comes in response to the need to face a shrinking market, although it also forms part of the current clash between Russia and the West. The OPEC+ alliance (the 13

NSU holds book discussion on ‘WAR’ by Andrew Clapham

A Book Discussion on ‘War’ by Andrew Clapham was held on Thursday at North South University (NSU). It was jointly organized by the Center for Peace Studies (CPS) of the South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG), NSU, and the Department of Law, NSU. The author of the book Prof. Andrew