China, Russia side with Maduro as US backs Venezuela challenger

AFP | The United States, Britain, and major South American nations recognized opposition chief Juan Guaido as Venezuela's interim leader Thursday but China and Russia...

Why did PTI’s Naeemul Haque slam the leader of Opposition?

News Analysis | Prominent leader of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and the Prime Minister's Special Assistant on Political Affairs Naeemul Haque slammed the opposition leader in the National...

Underground in Jerusalem, a rare look at an ancient tomb

AFP | Flashlight beams pierce the darkness and reveal an archaeological gem in underground Jerusalem few have had the chance to glimpse in recent years....

All the President’s men: on parade with India’s elite bodyguards

AFP | They are members of the most elite regiment in the Indian Army, handpicked by height and heritage from a pool of thousands and...

Pakistan captain Sarfraz sorry for Phehlukwayo ‘black guy’ comment

AFP | Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed apologised on Wednesday following a controversial comment aimed at South Africa's Andile Phehlukwayo which was picked up by a...

‘The new oil’: Dublin strikes it rich as Europe’s data hub

AFP | A new industrial revolution is underway on the outskirts of Dublin. Fortunes are being made in clusters of anonymous warehouses housing vast data...

Trump had hoped to meet Imran Khan at Davos? – Dr. Moeed Pirzada

Moeed Pirzada | World Economic Forum (WEF) top management kept hoping till the very end that Pakistani PM, Imran Khan, may be persuaded to join...

Into the arena for camel wrestling in Turkey

AFP | Erol Bilgin has high hopes. His camel, Kara Elmas (Black Diamond), might not have won the beauty contest the day before, but it...

Embattled Murad Ali Shah escapes disqualification as SC dismisses petition

News Analysis | Supreme Court of Pakistan has dismissed a petition seeking the disqualification of Chief Minister Sindh Mr. Syed Murad Ali Shah. The petition sought...

US federal employees protest against shutdown costing them their pay

AFP | Several hundred US federal employees who have not been paid in weeks due to the partial government shutdown protested against the impasse on...

Nigeria: Africa’s top oil producer, world’s extreme poverty capital

AFP | In the Ago Egun Bariga area of Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, there is no road, no electricity, no running water and no rubbish...

A stitch in time to save Egypt’s ancient tentmaking craft

AFP | Mohsen al-Khayami has for years watched sadly as his once lucrative craft business dwindled and fellow artisans deserted the ancient art known as...
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