Sri Lanka Gets Halt on Lawsuit
London (04/11 – 67) US district judge, Denise Cote yesterday granted Sri Lanka’s request for a six-month halt on a creditor...
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UN, Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Visit Tajikistan
Berlin (22/10 – 75) UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, Fernand de Varennes, reported during his trip to the Gorno-Badakhshan...
“At Arms’-Length”: the Wary Foreign Policy Stance of ASEAN
Toronto, Atlanta (22/10 – 66) A recent, and eminently reasonable, proposal to pause the military confrontation between Russia and Ukraine...
After Nagorno-Karabakh Offensive, Can Turkey Play Nice With Armenia?
While publicly supporting Azerbaijan's 24-hour offensive into the Armenian-occupied portions of Karabakh, Turkey’s long-term interests and the government of President Recep Tayyip...
EU Audits Investigate Egypt and India’s Aflatoxin Problem
The European Commission’s health and safety unit has published findings from two assessments looking at controls on aflatoxins in nuts...
Much of Nagorno-Karabakh’s Ethnic Armenian Population Flees as First UN Mission in 30 Years Set to Arrive
At least 100,000 people have now fled the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karbakh – more than four-fifths of the population –...
Syria’s Assad Won Symbolic Victories in China. Will Material Benefits Follow?
Shrouded in heavy fog, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad landed in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, exiting an Air China plane on 21...
Ethical Wildlife Photography, Conservation Encouraged in Kazakhstan to Protect Bird Population, Habitats
Berlin (21/08 – 50) A small community of bird enthusiasts in Astana have been setting ecological trends, advocating for ethical...
Tajikistan: Prominent Members of Pamiri Minority Arbitrarily Detained, Tortured and Unfairly Convicted
Frankfurt (22/09 – 58.33) Since May 2022, the Tajikistani authorities have stepped up their ongoing crackdown on Pamiris, an ethnic,...
Tajikistan: Enlistment-Dodging Pushes Military Recruiters to Use Devious Methods
Copenhagen (17/08 – 78) Kidnapping, intimidation, and blackmail are just some of the means used to hit enlistment quotas in...
