New Zealand bans assault weapons less than a week after massacre
AFP | New Zealand is banning the sale of assault rifles and semi-automatic weapons with immediate effect, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Thursday, rapidly making...
Bahria Town succumbs: Rs460bn in exchange for graft case removal
News Desk | The Supreme Court on Thursday, 21st March accepted the troubled Bahria Town Karachi's Rs. 460 billion plea bargain offer in the land...
‘Hello brother’: Words that countered a gunman’s hate
AFP | "Hello brother." The warm-hearted words an elderly Muslim reportedly used to greet a white supremacist gunman have become Christchurch's answer to his volley...
Who would win India’s $5b election?
Amjed Jaaved | Some 814 million voters speaking 1,652 languages will vote in 900,000 voting centres across India over 35 days in the upcoming national...
Iran leader calls economy ‘urgent problem’
AFP | Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called the economic difficulties of Iranians the main and most urgent problem of the country in a...
Pak-Malaysia partnership: Dr. Mahathir begins 3-day visit to increase bilateral trade & investment
News Desk | Malaysian Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohammad is all set to arrive in Islamabad to begin his 3-day visit of Pakistan, scheduled for...
Islamic State will be wiped off map imminently, says Trump
AFP | A bullish US President Donald Trump predicted Wednesday that the Islamic State group would be wiped off the map within hours, as he...
White nationalism, born in the USA, is now a global terror threat
Art Jipson & Paul J. Becker | The recent massacre of 50 Muslim worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand is the latest confirmation that white...
Even if Netanyahu goes, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will continue
Dov Waxman | After a decade in office, Benjamin Netanyahu’s long tenure as Israel’s prime minister may soon be ending. Whether his Likud Party loses power...
Twitterati flays Bilawal’s ‘congratulatory’ message to PM
News Desk | In a sign of what is seen by many as politics of frustration and immaturity, Pakistan People's Party (PPP)’s Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari...
Four ways social media platforms could stop the spread of hateful content in aftermath of terror attacks
Bertie Vidgen | The deadly attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in which 50 people were killed and many others critically injured, was streamed...
Pakistan shines in Special Olympics World games with 57 medals
News Desk | Pakistani athletes have performed tremendously well in Special Olympics World Summer Games held in Abu Dhabi (UAE) from March 14th till March...