Crisis-hit Greeks foot steep bills for health and education
AFP | Every month, when his respiratory medicine runs out, Dionysis Assimakopoulos heads to the most unlikely pharmacy in Athens. Amid derelict stadiums dating from...
Bilawal Bhutto calls PM Imran ‘incompetent, unskilled’
News Analysis | Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, chairperson Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), has called Prime Minister Imran Khan “incompetent and unskilled” while speaking in a National Assembly...
20 years on, Falungong survives underground in China
AFP | Sitting lotus-style on an apartment floor, two women quietly rotate their arms in front of them -- a rare sight in China where...
Pride and pique as Louboutin takes Pakistan chappal global
AFP | Famed for luxury red-soled stilettos, French shoe designer Christian Louboutin has taken inspiration for a new sandal from Pakistan's tribal frontier, sparking claims...
Time to grow up: Man arrested for spreading lies about polio campaign
News Desk | Peshawar Police arrested a man on Tuesday, April 23rd after he allegedly slandered and spread misinformation about the anti-polio vaccine in a series...
India holds ‘Super Tuesday’ vote
AFP | Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be among tens of millions of people to cast ballots as India holds a 'Super Tuesday' of voting...
Iran, Pakistan to set up border ‘reaction force’ after attacks
AFP | Iran and Pakistan will set up a joint border "reaction force" following deadly attacks on their frontier, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced Monday...
China plastic waste ban throws global recycling into chaos
AFP | From grubby packaging engulfing small Southeast Asian communities to waste piling up in plants from the US to Australia, China's ban on accepting...
‘Go Nawaz, Go’ fever takes on PML-N leader Uzma Bukhari
News Desk | The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Uzma Bukhari chanted “Go Nawaz, Go” by mistake while protesting outside the Punjab Assembly against the...
Frantic hunt for survivors after deadly Philippine quake
AFP | Philippine rescuers were scrambling Tuesday to reach dozens of people feared buried under a building near Manila that collapsed a day earlier in...
Boeing seeks to exit crisis mode as it reports results
AFP | Under growing scrutiny from investors and regulators, embattled US aerospace giant Boeing will have a chance this week to reset the narrative as...
‘Big-hearted’ US technician among Sri Lanka dead
AFP | A "big-hearted" technician who was visiting Sri Lanka for work was among at least four Americans killed in the Easter attacks on churches...