‘We’ve been forgotten’: Brazil’s Zika generation

AFP | When doctors told her that the six-month-old fetus she was carrying had severe brain damage caused by the Zika virus, Thamires Ferreira da Silva...

Japan approves defense plan including two aircraft carriers

AFP | Japan on Tuesday approved plans to convert two ships into aircraft carriers the nation's first since World War II as it tries to...

UK opposition launches parliamentary confidence maneuver against PM May

AFP | British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn on Monday tabled a non-binding no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Theresa May after she told MPs they will...

The vicious circle of poverty in Haiti

AFP | On the hills of Port-au-Prince, a chaotic jumble of structures stretches ever farther into the distance: Haiti's capital is suffering under the weight...

Will PML-N rise again?

News Analysis | Pakistan Muslin League-Nawaz (PML-N) has decided to initiate a mass-contact campaign from 30th December in order to enhance its political base. It...

Hamid Nehal Ansari: An Indian spy or an innocent lover?

News Analysis | Pakistan’s foreign office has confirmed that Indian national Mr. Hamid Nehal Ansari was being released and repatriated to India. FO spokesperson Dr....

Australia level India series with first win since ‘sandpapergate’

AFP | Australia beat India by 146 runs in Perth Tuesday to level the series with their first Test win since the ball-tampering 'sandpapergate' scandal...

Gulf rivalries spill onto the soccer pitch

James M Dorsey | With the 2018 World Cup in Russia behind it, the soccer world’s focus shifts to the 2022 tournament in Qatar. Politics...

NAB investigates motorway contracts: Another headache for Nawaz & Co?

News Desk | The National Accountability Bureau, after ascertaining the irregularities in the award of Rs 148 billion motorway project during the inquiry, has decided...

Is Asif Ali Zardari afraid of accountability?

News Analysis | Former President Asif Ali Zardari has once again grilled the alleged ‘hidden forces’ on Sunday. The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader in...

Why Pak-US ties are bound to improve? – Dr. Zafar Jaspal

Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The recent developments have created a conducive environment for improving the bilateral relations between Pakistan and the United States. Trump...

Modernity, politics, and Islam: A discussion with Dr.Raghib Naeemi

Farah Adeed | We are now a part of a rational, complex, and the highly integrated modern world, in which people do not have the patterns...