New Maldives leader secures $1.4bn from ‘closest friend’ India

AFP | The new Maldives president, seen as closer to the West and India than his predecessor, secured $1.4 billion from New Delhi on Monday...

Belgium edge out Netherlands to lift maiden hockey World Cup title

AFP | Goalkeeper Vincent Vanasch helped Belgium to their maiden field hockey World Cup title after edging out the Netherlands 3-2 in a dramatic penalty...

Father who fled Afghanistan only to die in Strasbourg laid to rest

AFP | Hundreds of people turned out Friday for the funeral of Kamal Naghchband, a father-of-three who fled violence in Afghanistan only to be gunned...

FIR – False Information Report? – Saad Rasool

Saad Rasool | Earlier this week, during his speech at the symposium on population control, the honourable Chief Justice of Pakistan implored the Prime Minister...

Shahid Afridi supports PM Khan’s stance on Kashmir issue

News Desk | The star cricketer Shahid Khan Afridi has announced to support the Prime Minister Imran Khan's stance on Kashmir issue. In a tweet on...

US-Saudi ties deteriorate after Senate passes anti-KSA bill

News Analysis | In a historic move, the U.S Senate has passed a non-abiding resolution in which it was urged that the United States of...

Are peace overtures worth the effort?

Imran Jan | Imran Khan, one could argue, has acted unprecedentedly by making peace overtures to India, which has come up with laughable excuses. Indian...

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...
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