Afghan troops suffer ‘shockingly high’ casualties as violence mounts 
China Policies to Cut Uyghur Numbers by One-Third, Report Says 
Extradition: Can extraneous factors overweigh legal aspects? 
Oil hits new multi-year highs; investors eye Iran nuclear talks this week 
UN launches Decade on Ecosystem Restoration to counter ‘triple environmental emergency’ UN Security Council calls for immediate ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh
Security Council members strongly condemn the use of force and regret the loss of life
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Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah dies at 91
Sheikh Sabah’s life spanned two very different Kuwaits. He was born June 16, 1929, just as the country’s pearl-diving industry would collapse. Within the decade, Kuwait would strike oil. Engineers would eventually confirm that the tiny country, slightly smaller than the U.S. state of New Jersey, had the world’s sixth-largest known oil reserves.
Never too late to fight back against pandemic
“While we await further breakthroughs, we have seen that the virus can be effectively contained through the application of tried and tested public health measures.”
“The reaction of the international community is very weak”: Armenian analyst
Face to Face with Ruben Elamiryan Ruben Elamiryan is the Chairperson and an Associate Professor at
Turkey: Caucasian priorities within and beyond the UN
By Markedenov Sergei At the end of September politicians, experts and journalists have been discussing
Nobel laureate Nadia Murad denounces lack of will to end sexual violence as a war tactic
Perhaps nowhere is the international unwillingness to engage more stark, than in the experience of the Yazidis, she said, most of whom live in northern Iraq and who in 2014 became victims of genocide by ISIL/Da’esh terrorists, in the group’s pernicious campaign to wipe out non-Islamic influence.
Death toll mounts as clashes continue between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Any move to all-out war could drag in major regional powers Russia and Turkey. Moscow has a defence alliance with Armenia, which provides vital support to the enclave and is its lifeline to the outside world, while Ankara backs its own ethnic Turkic kin in Azerbaijan.
Rajnath Singh unveils new Defence Acquisition Procedure
Under the new policy, the offset guidelines have also been revised facilitating preference to defence majors offering to manufacture products in India over relevant components.
Resilience better than deterrence in managing cyber incidents: SIPRI
We should focus on making sure that critical infrastructure can withstand pressure, no matter what causes it. Likewise, when critical infrastructure fails in its function, the top priority is to get the lost functionality back;
Armenia appeals to international community to prevent Turkish intereference in it’s conflict with Azerbaijan
Pashinyan held Azerbaijan responsible for the new escalation in Nagorny Karabakh,