South Asian countries are facing skyrocketing unemployment, prompting people to fight in wars thousands of miles away.

• March 6, 2024

The CfMM has published a new report detailing the shortcomings of the British media’s output on Israel’s war on Gaza. Journalists should take note.

• March 6, 2024

By Eugene KOGAN, Tbilisi-based defence and security expert

This AIES Focus discusses the four major foreign actors in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan within the time frame of the last 12 to 18 months. While Russia and Turkey are active and directly involved, China and India are implicitly but not explicitly involved in the conflict. As a result, the author tries to present and highlight the divergent and convergent perspectives of the foreign actors in the conflict. One of the major focal points of the conflict relates to what the Azerbaijani call the Zangezur corridor, and the Armenians perceive as a bone of contention. What is perhaps not least important to emphasise is that for Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, the corridor has a crucial role in the transportation link between Turkey, Azerbaijan and the Turkic States. As for Armenia and Iran, its neighbouring country, the establishment of such a corridor is perceived as an existential threat. READ MORE

• March 5, 2024

Meanwhile, Ukraine downs a second A-50 radar detection plane, Macron talks ground troops, and Putin threatens nuclear risk.

• March 1, 2024

The latest sanctions, coinciding with the anniversary of the Ukraine war, touch New Delhi, Beijing for the first time.

• March 1, 2024

Hamas and Fatah are expected to attend a meeting in Moscow to discuss the future governance of a Palestinian state.

• March 1, 2024

Two weeks ahead of the presidential election, the Russian leader says his troops won’t back down in Ukraine.

• March 1, 2024

The delegation of Uzbekistan took part at the High-level Segment of the 55th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council

The delegation of Uzbekistan led by the First Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis, Director of the National Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) Akmal Saidov took part at the High-level Segment of the 55th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
According to the NCHR, during the speech of the delegation of Uzbekistan, it was noted that our country is consistently implementing its policy in the field of human rights, an example of which, in particular, is the updated Constitution of the country adopted during a national referendum in 2023. READ MORE

• March 1, 2024