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Afghanistan. Now for the Hard Part: The Taliban Face Financial Headwinds (Tom Keatinge, RUSI)

Main Image Credit Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaking to the media on 17 August 2021 in Kabul. Courtesy of Newscom/Alamy Stock Photo Not even the most...

Afghanistan/USA. US intel is now flying blind in Afghanistan (Jennifer Counter, Atlantic Council)

President Joe Biden speaks at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in McLean, VA, on July 27, 2021. Photo via REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein. Reacting...

Cybersecurity. LockBit ransomware operators leak 200GB of data belonging to Bangkok Airways (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

LockBit ransomware operators have breached Bangkok Airways, the airline confirmed it was the victim and discloses a data breach impacting its passengers LockBit gang leaks...

Europe. Europe’s invisible divides: How covid-19 is polarising European politics (Ivan Krastev, Mark Leonard, ECFR)

Berlaymont building, headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels - Image byRonn Aldaman Europe’s covid-19 experience has been a tale of two pandemics – and the...

Saudi Arabia. Yemeni Workers at Risk of Mass Forced Returns (HRW)

An aid worker gives a food ration to a woman in Sanaa, Yemen, July 19, 2020. © 2020 REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah Saudi authorities have since July 2021 began...

USA. US Congress: Sufficiently Fund Public Housing (HRW)

First Houses in Manhattan, one of the earliest public housing developments in the United States, April 2, 2009 © 2009 Americasroof The United States Congress should...

USA. US Court Ruling Furthers South Dakota Tribe’s Right to Health (Matt McConnell, HRW)

The US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts a field hearing in Rapid City, South Dakota, on June 17, 2016, to discuss proposed legislation...

Malaysia. New Prime Minister Needs New Rights Agenda (HRW)

A protester holds a placard during a demonstration demanding that Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin resign for mismanaging the coronavirus pandemic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,...

Chechnya. No End to Chechnya’s Violent Anti-Gay Campaign (Tanya Lokshina, Kyle Knight, HRW)

Campaigners protest for LGBT rights in Chechnya outside the Russian embassy in London, Britain on June 2, 2017. © 2017 Neil Hall/REUTERS The Russian LGBT Network...

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