With purifiers and lawsuits, Pakistanis fight back against smog

For the past few months Hasan Zaidi's phone has been ringing nonstop with calls from desperate residents in Pakistan hoping to get their hands...

Does Amitabh Bachchan’s silence on CAB reflect bigotry against Muslims?

Bollywood director, Anurag Kashyap savagely trolled actor Amitabh Bachchan for his silence on Citizenship Amendment Act, reported Indian media. Bachchans neither condemned the discriminatory...

DG ISPR strikes India with Twitter trend: ‘Beginning of the End’

DG ISPR, Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, is spearheading another social media campaign against the ultra-nationalistic government of BJP on social media titled, 'Beginning of...

Jinnah was Right & Gandhi was Wrong: Indian politician blasts over CAA

While Bharatiya Janta Party is adamant to proceed with the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill, the anti-CAB voices within the Indian parliament alert that the...

Afghan Battle: The US losing lives but for what?

If the latest U.S. soldier just killed in Afghanistan, as yet unidentified, was married, I can’t help but wonder what U.S. officials are going...

‘Sham marriages’: Europe’s strict laws destroying ‘Genuine’ families

Apostolos Andrikopoulos | Why do you want to marry a Nigerian?”, a visa officer at a European embassy in Nigeria asked Helen while her partner...

Venezuela’s economic crisis a boon for traditional liquor

Venezuela's traditional cocuy liquor is making a comeback due to the country's punishing economic crisis, which has put rum, whiskey and even beer financially...

Handling school education and economy: Lessons from Finland – II

Opinion | Here, to understand the role of school and its link with social progress, one is reminded of the words of the great American...

The economic cost of climate change in 2019

At least 15 natural disasters linked to climate change this year caused damage of over $1 billion and seven of them cost at least...

Locust invasion destroys crops in northwest India

A massive locust invasion has destroyed thousands of hectares of crops in northwest India, authorities said, with some experts on Friday terming it the...

France takes the lead in 2019’s culture of protest

France, it sometimes seems, is either in the throes of a major strike or facing the looming shadow of one. Workers in the country...

New triangle of naval power combatting US allies in Middle East

Iran, China and Russia started four days of joint naval drills in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Oman on Friday, the commander...