Bangladesh has gone down six notches in the Transparency International's global Corruption Perceptions Index 2018. The country's latest position is 13th from the bottom - down from 17th in 2017. In South Asia, Bangladesh ranked the second lowest, only ahead of war-torn Afghanistan.

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When Tunisian diplomat and counterpart of Russian envoy Serge Lavrov, Khemaies Jhinaoui said “Syria’s natural place is in the Arab League”, it proves beyond doubt that it was only a matter of time before the Arab nations all of whom have remained complicit throughout the war upon the Syrian people in one way or another, were silently preparing to welcome the Syrian regime back, to once again give them the…

According to the UN, more than one million Uighur Muslims are estimated to be held in internment camps where they are forced to denounce the religion and pledge allegiance to the officially atheist ruling Communist Party. Rights groups have accused China of engaging in a campaign of ethnic cleansing.