Ishaq Dar’s wife cannot prove her story: NAB

News Desk | The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday, 25th January, submitted its response in an accountability court against the objections raised by former finance...

Trump climbs down in wall row, Congress passes bill ending shutdown

AFP | President Donald Trump on Friday brought a temporary end to the longest government shutdown in US history while dropping his previous insistence on...

China to arrest 19 over military veteran protests: state media

AFP | Chinese authorities on Friday ordered the arrest of 19 people for allegedly organising protests by military veterans in two cities last year, state...

India launches pint-sized satellite designed by students

AFP | A lightweight satellite designed by students that can be held in the palm of the hand has been launched by Indian scientists, burnishing...

DR Congo’s new president puts focus on rights on first day in office

AFP | Democratic Republic of Congo's new president, Felix Tshisekedi, turned the spotlight on human rights Friday, on his first full day in office after...

IS ‘caliphate’ in Syria dead within a month: commander

AFP | Military operations against the Islamic State group in Syria are wrapping up and the last pockets of the jihadists' self-proclaimed "caliphate" will be...

New Delhi’s counter-invitation to Kartarpur talks is a “childish” response to Islamabad’s peace initiative-foreign office

News Desk | On Thursday, Dr. Mohammad Faisal, spokesperson of the Foreign Office rebuked India’s “childish” response to Islamabad’s invitation to hold talks on the...

US, China ‘miles and miles’ from resolving trade conflict: US official

AFP | Washington and Beijing are "miles and miles" from resolving their trade war, US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Thursday. A high-level Chinese delegation...

Davos horizons for Pakistan – Ikram Sehgal

Ikram Sehgal | Organised since its inception in 1970 till today by Dr Klaus Schwab, the World Economic Forum is unique annual forum at Davos...

Venezuelan military: the muscle behind Maduro

AFP | The latest developments in Venezuela's political crisis have dealt a severe blow to President Nicolas Maduro -- severe, but not fatal, for one...

In rural Tunisia, inheritance reform offers women rare boost

AFP | Tunisian divorcee Latifa counts herself lucky she has a modest home that boasts a neat vegetable garden, a fig tree, and a pomegranate...

Six Nations is ‘love-hate relationship’ for Schmidt

AFP | Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt admits he has a love-hate relationship with the Six Nations despite engineering three titles and a Grand Slam...