Indian ad under fire for promoting Hindu-Muslim harmony
News Desk | International Detergent brand operating under Unilever Surf Excel is facing a serious backlash in India for a heart-warming advertisement promoting Hindu-Muslim harmony...
Search for bodies, clues after Ethiopian Airlines Boeing crash
AFP | Ethiopia will observe a national day of mourning Monday as investigators search for bodies and clues into the crash of a Nairobi-bound Boeing...
Fighting Climate Change: JS Bank gets accredited by Green Climate Fund
News Desk | Climate change has been highlighted as the challenge of the century. Pakistan has been highlighted as being among the most vulnerable countries...
Trump to seek another $8.6 billion for border wall
AFP | US President Donald Trump is seeking $8.6 billion in fresh funding for a wall on the US-Mexico border, likely triggering another fight with...
China orders local airlines to ground Boeing 737 MAX 8
AFP | China on Monday ordered domestic airlines to suspend commercial operation of the Boeing 737 MAX 8, citing the Ethiopian Airlines crash and another...
China will not devalue renminbi to spur exports: central bank chief
AFP | China has gone to great lengths to support its currency and would not devalue the renminbi to spur exports or combat trade frictions,...
Turkey tumbles into recession as polls loom
AFP | Turkey's economy entered its first recession in a decade, official data showed on Monday, just weeks before President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government faces...
Have Pakistanis learnt the use of Soft Power?
Adam Garrie | For decades, Pakistan has been cursed with political leaders who seemed incapable of grasping the importance of soft power as a tool...
Kazakh police raid raises spectre of China’s long arm – James M. Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | A police raid on a Kazakh group documenting the plight of Kazakhs and Uyghurs caught in a brutal crackdown in China’s...
Britain braces for make-or-break Brexit vote
AFP | British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to reveal Monday what changes, if any, she has secured to her EU divorce deal, on...
The new Boeing 737 MAX: two crashes in six months
AFP | The 737 MAX, a new plane from US aircraft manufacturer Boeing, faces fresh scrutiny of its safety record after being involved in two...
PSL: Karachi celebrates as Kings beat Gladiators
News Desk | Speed maestro Usman Khan Shinwari brought Karachi Kings on the victory stand in the nerve-wracking game of the HBL PSL second match...