Indian politicians banned for firebrand election comments
AFP | India's election watchdog on Monday banned four outspoken politicians, including two top members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party, from campaigning in the...
Russia sentences Norwegian to 14 years over espionage
AFP | A Moscow court on Tuesday convicted a retired Norwegian border guard on spying charges and sentenced him to 14 years in prison. Frode...
Salman Taseer’s daughter reminds PMLN how they harassed women for political agendas
News Desk | Sara Taseer, the daughter of former governor of Punjab Salman Taseer took a jibe at Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's top leadership pertaining to...
UK employment hits record high despite Brexit uncertainty
AFP | British employment has reached a record-high level, shaking off stubborn uncertainty surrounding the UK's departure from the European Union, official data showed on...
Taliban to include women in next round of Afghan peace talks
News Analysis | In a major paradigm shift, the Afghan Taliban have announced that there will be multiple woman members in the group’s delegation heading...
Bakhtawar’s reaction to PM Khan’s tweet attracts criticism
News Desk | Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari has reacted to the recent tweet Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan; he admonished the influential business tycoons and senior...
Modi’s politics of ‘us versus them’: Human development, economic growth take a back seat in Indian election
News Analysis | The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, is all pumped up as the biggest election exercise on the planet is currently underway...
India elections: who are Narendra Modi’s main rivals – and can they beat him?
Ian Hall | India is heading to the polls in the world’s biggest democratic election and a number of different figures could emerge as India’s next prime...
False Media report: Five ministers including Asad Umar to be shuffled
News Desk | The private TV channel, ARY News, has reported, this morning, that the Government of Pakistan on Monday has decided to change five...
Sanjrani eligible to be acting president, rules IHC
News Desk | The Islamabad High Court (IHC) ruled on Monday, April 15 that the Senate Chairperson, Sadiq Sanjrani, was eligible to assume the position of...
17 more detained over China blast that killed 78
AFP | Police have detained 17 more suspects connected to a chemical blast in eastern China last month which killed 78 and left hundreds injured,...
Don’t blame Sharia for Islamic extremism – blame colonialism
Mark Fathi Massoud | Warning that Islamic extremists want to impose fundamentalist religious rule in American communities, right-wing lawmakers in dozens of U.S. states have tried banning Sharia, an Arabic term...