Dangerous arctic chill sweeps over US Midwest

AFP | The polar vortex is here tens of millions of people in the United States braced Tuesday for a deep arctic chill, which authorities...

Canadian serial killer pleads guilty to eight murders

AFP | A Canadian landscaper on Tuesday pleaded guilty to the murders of eight men with links to Toronto's gay community and the mutilation of...

French jihadists in Syria may be allowed home, Paris says

AFP | France on Tuesday opened the door to repatriating more than a hundred jihadists being held in Syria, in a marked change in stance...

NBP declares half-yearly profit as NBP Funds inaugurates new Islamic savings centre

News Desk | The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) has declared a half-yearly profit for the period July to December 2018, on deposits of Profit/Loss...

CJP Khosa shares his take on Aasiya Bibi’s #10YearChallenge – Maleeha Hashmey

Maleeha Hashmey | Man is the crown of all creations. At his best, man is the noblest of all animals, separated from law and justice...

Sahiwal Tragedy: Should the government form a Judicial Commission?

News Analysis | In a major development, the Senate Standing Committee on Interior on Tuesday rejected the joint investigation team’s (JIT) report on Sahiwal massacre,...

SC rejects petition against Asia Bibi’s acquittal

News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday has rejected a review petition challenging the apex court's decision to acquit Asia Bibi, a...

Chinese Olympic legend finds her calling on road to 2022

AFP | She was China's first Winter Games gold medallist, a two-time Olympic champion and regarded as one of the finest short-track speed skaters of...

Sea of white: ´Hundreds of thousands´ of fish dead in Australia

AFP | "Hundreds of thousands" of fish have died in drought-stricken Australia in the last few days and more mass deaths are likely to occur,...

Asian markets sink with Wall St as Huawei hangs over trade talks

AFP | Asian markets fell Tuesday as the charging of Chinese giant Huawei in the US cast a shadow over upcoming trade talks, while investors...

US-Afghan peace talks: Long way to go before ‘drafted agreement’

News Analysis | New York Times has reported that both the United States of America and the Taliban, parties to the ongoing dialogue vis-à-vis Afghanistan,...

‘Flight of the revolution’: the Ayatollah’s return to Iran

AFP | In the dead of night on February 1, 1979, Iran's revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini took off for Tehran from Paris onboard a...