Accountability Court Rejects Maryam’s Request to meet Father in Hospital

Maryam Nawaz’s request to be granted an hour-long meeting with her father, incarcerated former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, in the hospital was rejected by...

Intra-Afghan Dialogue will now take place in Beijing

Beijing is leading the initiative of organizing dialogue between the rival factions of Afghanistan in a bid to bring an end to the devastation...

Fahad Mustafa, Mahira Khan to share screen in ‘Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad’

Fahad Mustafa and Mahira Khan are set to share the screen first-time in the upcoming movie 'Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad'. Nabeel Qureshi's and Fizza Ali Meerza's...

Turkey and China tie themselves in knots over Syria and Xinjiang

Opinion | Turkey’s ambassador to China, Emin Onen, didn’t mince his words this week when he took his Chinese hosts to task for failing to support...

Saudi Arabia will not release Pakistani prisoners held for drug smuggling

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has turned down Pakistan's request to immediately release prisoners under trial in drug smuggling cases. The Saudi Foreign Ministry asserted that...

How MPs switched sides to embarrass Boris Johnson on Brexit vote

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson won initial backing for his EU divorce deal in parliament on Tuesday -- but then lost a vote approving...

Tension between Iran and Saudi Arab is not sectarian but political: Qatar

Qatar has said that Iran and Arab countries can solve their tensions through "constructive dialogue and diplomacy". The statement came after Saudi Arabia and...

US lawmakers grill India over Kashmir abuses

The United States on Tuesday renewed calls on India to ease its clampdown in Kashmir as several lawmakers voiced anger at actions by a...

Corruption trial threatening to swallow Samsung top decision maker

The heir to the Samsung empire returns to court this week for a retrial over a sprawling corruption scandal that could see him return...

‘No need’ to restart Syria offensive, says Turkey

Turkey said on Wednesday there was "no need" to restart its offensive against Kurdish fighters in Syria, saying that it had been informed by...

From Pushkin to Kalashnikov: a history of Russia-Africa links

Russia was never a colonial power in Africa, but it has a long history of ties with the continent. As President Vladimir Putin hosts African...

Chile president announces social measures to stem street violence

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera announced a package of social measures Tuesday aimed at stemming days of protests over economic inequality that have swept the...