Twenty years of the euro: key dates

AFP | Two decades ago the euro currency was launched, at first existing virtually for accounting and financial transactions and then three years later as...

Israel vows to block Palestinian bid to become full UN member

AFP | Israel has vowed to work with the United States to block a bid by the Palestinians for full membership in the United Nations,...

Saudi king orders government reshuffle after Khashoggi fallout

AFP | Saudi Arabia's King Salman ordered a sweeping government reshuffle Thursday, replacing key security and political figures including the foreign minister, as the kingdom...

Spike in illegal Channel crossings ‘concerning’: UK minister

AFP | Britain's Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes said Thursday that a spike in migrants crossing the Channel by boat was "deeply concerning", after dozens of...

Michelle Obama tops Hillary Clinton as America’s most admired woman

AFP | Former First Lady Hillary Clinton's 17-year run as the woman Americans admire most is over. Another former First Lady, Michelle Obama, has deposed Clinton...

Japan bolts whaling commission, but tensions may ease

AFP | Japan has made good on years of threats by bolting the International Whaling Commission, but its decision may also offer a way out...

Efforts to return Syria’s Assad to Arab fold amount to hollow victory for autocrats – James M. Dorsey

James M. Dorsey | Two developments, the pending return of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to the Arab fold and protests in Sudan, Jordan, and Tunisia,...

The challenges facing Bolsonaro as he takes power in Brazil

AFP | Brazil's next president, Jair Bolsonaro, takes office next week with promises to radically change the path taken by Latin America's biggest country by...

NASA global hackathon comes to Pakistan: TMUC

News Desk | The Millennium University College Islamabad (TMUC) has virtually hosted NASA’s Space Apps Challenge as part of a global Hackathon with the world’s...

Five things that have gone wrong for Manchester City

AFP | English champions Manchester City slumped to a third shock defeat in four Premier League games at Leicester on Boxing Day to slip to...

Chabahar Port: The end of Gwadar?

Dr. Zafar Jaspal | India, Iran, and Afghanistan have been laboring to establish a new transit route. The new transit route would link Afghanistan and...

What can Pakistan learn from China? – Farid A Malik

Dr. Farid A Malik | China and Pakistan are ‘Iron Brothers’ who have been working together for mutual gains. While the People’s Republic is poised...
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