News: Bangladesh witnessed a series of ‘militant attacks’ and counter ‘terrorism’ operations by security forces in March 2017 that left more than a dozen dead including children and women, and many more injured. On 17th March 2017, a suicide bomber was said to have blown himself up near a temporary camp of the elite Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Ashkona area of Dhaka. One week after on 28th March in…

Turkey’s President Erdoğan answered questions about the referendum on a television program he attended, on Habertürk. When asked about his thoughts on the German Bild newspaper’s report titled, "If (Atatürk) lived today he would vote 'No'", he answered: "What has this anything to do with (Atatürk)? Quite the opposite; what if I told you that if (Atatürk) got up, he would say "Yes" to this regulation because he lived according…

News: The recently established ‘alliance of necessity’ between the two major opposition parties — the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and the Pakistan People’s Party — fell apart on Wednesday when their leaders traded allegations of corruption against each other and ruled out the possibility of any alliance between them in future. Minutes after PTI chairman Imran Khan alleged that the PPP and the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz had entered into a ‘deal’…

News: “As the awareness of mental illness gains traction around the world this week, research is showing the fatal effect of this silent killer amongst a vulnerable generation of youths. As technology advances and the fragmentation of the human natural space continues to be replaced by machines, mental illness in has risen to be the number one cause of teen deaths around the world.