Temple conflict: Right wingers threaten Indian heroic women

AFP | Bindu Ammini and Kanakadurga are living on the run since infuriating Hindu traditionalists by entering one of India's holiest temples that for generations...

Iran to launch two satellites in ‘coming days’

AFP| Iran's president said Monday the Islamic republic plans to launch two domestically made satellites into orbit in the "coming days" to gather information on...

Political monopolies damaging democracy in Pakistan – Farid A Malik

Dr. Farid A Malik | During his speech in 1966, President John F. Kennedy quoted a Chinese curse, ‘May you live in interesting times’. He...

Canada takes in Saudi teen asylum seeker

AFP | Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that Canada was taking in an 18-year-old Saudi asylum seeker who fled her family and harnessed the...

The New Cold War may never arrive – M K Bhadrakumar

M K Bhadrakumar | An old Italian friend and a noted Sinologist based in Beijing representing a Vatican paper, Francesco Sisci wrote apropos an article...

Pakistan Cement exports show growth in the Year 2018

News Desk | The Pakistani Cement Industry exports swelled during July-Dec 2018. Domestic cement dispatches declined in the first six months of FY18-19 by 1.4...

US govt. shutdown becomes longest in history

AFP | The United States government shutdown that has left 800,000 federal employees without salaries as a result of President Donald Trump's row with Democrats...

Should Pakistan abolish capital punishment?

News Analysis | In the latest development, a district and sessions court in Lahore on Friday set the execution of Khizar Hayat, a death-row prisoner,...

New alliance increases pressure on Modi’s ruling BJP

AFP | Two regional parties that were former bitter rivals announced an unlikely alliance Saturday to fight Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling Hindu nationalist...

Russian army starts patrols around Manbij in North Syria

AFP | Russian military police have begun patrolling around the Syrian city of Manbij, a spokesman said, moving into an area once held by US-backed...

Several injured in powerful blast at Paris bakery: police

AFP | A powerful explosion badly damaged a bakery in central Paris on Saturday, injuring several people and smashing nearby windows after a suspected gas...

US expands its drone war kills Somalian militants

AFP | US forces have conducted a series of air strikes in Somalia in recent days, including one announced Wednesday that officials said killed six...