US-Saudi ties deteriorate after Senate passes anti-KSA bill
News Analysis | In a historic move, the U.S Senate has passed a non-abiding resolution in which it was urged that the United States of...
Are peace overtures worth the effort?
Imran Jan | Imran Khan, one could argue, has acted unprecedentedly by making peace overtures to India, which has come up with laughable excuses. Indian...
Australia recognizes west Jerusalem as capital of Israel
AFP | Australia now recognizes west Jerusalem as Israel's capital, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Saturday, but a contentious embassy shift from Tel Aviv will...
Conservatives’ Brexit faultlines run deep in divided UK
AFP | The conflict over Europe that has been tearing the Conservatives apart for three decades is as evident on the streets of English towns...
Defenders bad, aggressors good
Imran Jan | George Orwell’s Animal Farm is an absolute classic. In the story, the animals had 7 commandments distilled into the maxim “four legs...
Salt Lake City tabbed for possible Winter Olympics bid
AFP | Salt Lake City has been selected by the United States Olympic Committee for a potential bid to host the 2030 Winter Games. The...
Oceans of garbage prompt war on plastics
AFP | Faced with images of turtles smothered by plastic bags, beaches carpeted with garbage and islands of trash floating in the oceans, environmentalists say...
Nations still worlds apart at crunch UN climate summit
AFP | Marathon talks aimed at charting mankind's path away from climate catastrophe entered overtime Saturday as nations picked over a plan presented by host...
Eleven die after eating ‘toxic’ rice at Indian temple
AFP | Eleven people have died after eating rice that had likely been contaminated with a toxic substance at a Hindu temple ceremony, a health...
Growth worries, Brexit fog send global stocks lower
AFP | Wall Street led to stock markets lower across the globe on Friday after data showed weakness in the Chinese and eurozone economies, despite further...
Palestinian killed as Israel hunts West Bank shooter
AFP | A Palestinian teenager was shot dead on Friday as Israeli forces carried out fresh raids in the occupied West Bank, the health ministry...
Pakistan’s missile technology: The perfect antidote for India’s S-400 purchase
Ammar Akbar | “National missile defense is poised to retrigger a proliferation of weapons, notably nuclear missiles. Everything that goes in the direction of proliferation...