As TikTok videos take hold with teens, parents scramble to keep up

AFP | Millions of teenagers seeking their 15 seconds of fame are flocking to TikTok, but many of their parents are only now learning about...

Trump downbeat on Fed as markets nosedive

AFP | US President Donald Trump on Tuesday marked Christmas with a renewed attack on the central bank over plunging stocks, as he aired a...

Starbucks’ expansion runs out of steam in S.Africa

AFP | High operating costs and tight customer budgets have left US coffee giant Starbucks needing caffeine hit after it abandoned ambitious expansion plans in...

CCTV footage of Abidi’s assassination: what is the motive?

News Analysis | In a tragic incident former leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader and ex-MNA, Syed Ali Raza Abidi was shot dead in...

Destruction of tunnels from Lebanon ‘nearly done’: Netanyahu

AFP | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that the Israeli army's operation to locate and destroy cross-border tunnels dug by Hezbollah from Lebanon was...

US troop withdrawals threaten to fuel greater, potentially problematic Gulf assertiveness – James M. Dorsey

James M. Dorsey | As far as Gulf leaders are concerned, President Donald J. Trump demonstrated with his announced US troop withdrawals from Syria and...

Japan to resume commercial whaling after IWC withdrawal

AFP | Japan said Wednesday it is withdrawing from the International Whaling Commission and will resume commercial whaling next year, sparking criticism from activists and...

Public office holders vs. private business owners: PML-N and PTI at loggerheads

News Analysis | After the verdict of an accountability court against the ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) have...

Prayers, fear in tsunami-struck Indonesian towns as toll tops 400

AFP | A small Christmas service was held near a stretch of Indonesia's tsunami-struck coastline Tuesday, as panicked residents in one coastal town tried to...

Pentagon, India don’t want troops out of Afghanistan: Gen (R) Ejaz Awan

News Desk | Prominent defense analyst and former General Officer Commanding of Swat Maj Gen ® Ejaz Awan has said that the US security establishment...

FM Qureshi arrives in Russia vis-à-vis Afghan dialogue process

News Analysis | Foreign Minister of Pakistan Shah Mahmood Qureshi has reached Russia– the last stop of the four-nation tour– today (Wednesday, Dec 26) to...

Abidi’s assassination may have foreign involvement: Information Minister Punjab

News Desk | Expressing his concern at the murder of Senior MQM leader Ali Raza Abidi, Punjab’s information minister Fayyaz Ul Hassan Chauhan has said...