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Most sewerage lines of city houses illegally connected to surface drains

Shawdesh Desk; Most house owners in Dhaka have connected their sewage discharge pipes to the surface drains of the City Corporation instead of sewage management networks. This results in severe

Mexico protests: Huge crowds rally against electoral reform

Shawdesh Desk: Huge rallies have been held in several Mexican cities against what protesters say are government attempts to undermine the electoral authorities. The biggest was in Mexico City, where

Fears, questions about N. Korea’s growing nuclear arsenal

Shawdesh desk: North Korea’s latest missile launches are a demonstration of the country’s avowed ability to use nuclear force against South Korea and the mainland U.S. How immediate is that

How does aid get into rebel-held northwest Syria?

Two weeks after a deadly earthquake struck Syria, only a trickle of UN aid has entered the rebel-held northwest of the war-ravaged country, with the slow pace sparking outrage and

Cambodia’s Hun Sen shuts down independent media outlet Voice of Democracy

Shawdesh Desk: Cambodia’s leader Hun Sen has shut down one of the country’s last independent media outlets – just months before the country’s election. VOD, or the Voice of Democracy,

Key takeaways from Biden’s State of the Union speech

Shawdesh desk: On Tuesday evening, Joe Biden delivered his third address to Congress – marking the halfway point in his first term in office. It’s a pivotal moment for the

Obituary: Pervez Musharraf

Shawdesh desk: The political career of Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s most recent military ruler who has died aged 79, was defined by its extremes. After seizing power in a 1999 coup,

Blinken’s Jerusalem visit offers few solutions

Shawdesh Desk: When Antony Blinken landed at Ben Gurion airport on Monday he said he had arrived at a “pivotal moment”. By the end of his two-day visit, it is