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...
From land mafias to London flats: Whats in store for PML-N?
Farid A Malik | Last week a friend asked an interesting question, “Will PTI be able to organize itself as a political party like PML-N?”...
In Pakistan public education suffocates under surging population
AFP | At the Tanjai Cheena school in northwest Pakistan, students squeeze into makeshift classrooms where plastic tarps serve as walls and electricity are sparse,...
A rebuttal: After 100 Days- Dawn’s Editorial
Imran Jan | Dawn’s editorial titled “After 100 days” on November 30, 2018, is disguised as a work of journalism yet it is an amalgam...
From Iran deal to Khashoggi: A turbulent year fot the Middle East
AFP | A murdered Saudi journalist. A scrapped Iran nuclear deal. The two events alone have undone years of diplomacy in the Middle East, testing...
PM Khan needs new model to deal with ‘mis-governance’ in Baluchistan
Jan Achakzai | Baluchistan is in the media again for one reason: the missing person issue. The main political contender Sardar Akhtar Mengal, the Chief...
What Rivalry? Chinese, Indian troops dance together in joint exercises
AFP | Indian and Chinese soldiers looked to have hit it off in their first joint exercises since a dangerous standoff last year, with videos...