Asian markets sink with Wall St on global outlook fears

AFP | Asian markets mostly fell Tuesday following a sharp retreat on Wall Street fuelled by increasing worries about the global economy, while investors await...

Anti-Muslim post: Facebook places ban on Israel PM’s son

News Desk | The social media giant Facebook has blocked the account of Yair Netanyahu, the eldest son of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over...

Pakistan-aided US-Taliban meeting: PM Khan affirms resolve for peace in Afghanistan

News Analysis | Afghan Taliban representatives have met with the U.S officials for the first time in a formal setting in UAE to discuss the...

‘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....

Crawling through my skin, the wounds reopen every winter

M Zafar Khan Safdar | My drive is depleted, My smiles been deleted. Between all the tears, I feel angry and cheated. Like a festering wound From a splinter in...

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...