58 dead as firefighters search mud on third day after Brazil dam collapse

AFP | Firefighters are carefully moving over treacherous mud, sometimes walking, sometimes crawling, in search of survivors or bodies left by a dam collapse that...

Canadian envoy sacking shows ‘political interference’: Chinese media

AFP | Chinese state-run media on Monday decried the sacking of Canada's ambassador to Beijing, who was fired after he suggested it would be “great”...

Democracy a farce?

Dr. Zeeshan Khan | Abraham Lincoln defined democracy as ‘government of the people, by the people, for the people’. However, he was candid when he...

Trump-Imran meeting possible after Afghan talks: Fawad

News Analysis | Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has said that Pakistan’s role in bringing the Taliban to the negotiation table has been appreciated by US...

Apparent breakthrough in Afghan peace talks

Asif Haroon Raja | By the time Barak Obama completed his second term in office, the tenacious battle between the ISAF-ANSF and the Taliban...

Is a slowdown in the Chinese Economy sufficient to end the US-China Trade War?

News Analysis | The World Economic Forum, held in the snow-packed Swiss town of Davos, contemplated various powerful questions for the future. Christine Lagarde, the...

US-Taliban talks: As hopes rise of a deal, what comes next?

AFP | More than 17 years after the US invasion of Afghanistan, Washington and the Taliban appear closer than ever to some sort of agreement...

No personal criticism: govt. and opposition decide

News Analysis | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) have finally reached an agreement to put an end to the ongoing war of words...

Prime Minister Imran Khan: How a leader should speak to Youth?

News Analysis | Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that his government was laying the foundation of genuine representative democracy in the country in which...

Pakistan bowlers force series decider after Sarfraz ban

AFP | Pakistan shrugged off a four-match suspension imposed on captain Sarfraz Ahmed with a crushing eight-wicket win over South Africa in the fourth one-day...

Mexico offers to host Venezuela rivals for crisis talks

AFP | Mexico is prepared to host President Nicolas Maduro and his opposition rival, self-declared interim president Juan Guaido, for talks to resolve Venezuela's spiraling...

Brazil first lady’s accounts to be probed in expanding payments scandal

AFP | Brazilian authorities are to scrutinize the bank accounts of First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro as part of a growing scandal over suspect payments involving...