US charges two Chinese over alleged state-sponsored hacking

AFP | The United States has charged two Chinese men it says hacked the computer systems of companies and government agencies in a dozen countries,...

US bishops face pressure amid new sex assault revelations

AFP | US bishops preparing for a meeting to address the sexual abuse scandal roiling the Catholic Church suddenly find themselves in a high-stakes credibility...

FO welcomes fresh talks with Afghan Taliban

News Analysis | The Foreign Office on Monday welcomed a new round of talks between the Afghan Taliban and other international stakeholders expected to be...

Gatekeeper at Japan’s ‘Suicide Forest’ hopes music can save lives

AFP | From his hut on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest", Kyochi Watanabe blasts John Lennon's "Imagine" into the night -- hoping that music...

Fear grips ‘stateless’ millions in India’s Assam

AFP | Indian farmer Nur Mohammed can barely sleep for worrying that his wife might soon be made stateless, put in a detention camp and...

PM Imran Khan will not attend the World Economic Forum 2019

News Desk | Prime Minister Imran Khan will not attend the World Economic Forum sessions starting in Davos on 22nd January 2019. Prime Minister’s special assistant...

Jim Mattis: the ‘Mad Dog’ with a big library

AFP | Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, a softly spoken but battle-hardened former Marine, always stood in uneasy contrast with President Donald Trump, his brash businessman...

Asad’s taxation policy might be a blunder: Economy expert

News Desk | “Current fiscal deficit reflects the incompetence of PML-N and PPP tenures, but Asad’s taxation policy is a blunder as well”, Muhammad Zubair...

Hidden assets revealed: Government to file a reference against Zardari

News Analysis | In an interesting development the Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry has said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government was going...

Pakistan’s journey towards digital transformation

News Desk | Recently, Hamdard Pakistan - a private non-profit research laboratory famous for its Yunani and Ayurvedic medicine - announced its latest move towards...

Weinstein back in court seeking dismissal of sex assault case

AFP | Could Harvey Weinstein, public enemy number one of the #MeToo movement... end up walking away from a free man? On Thursday, the onetime Hollywood...

Bangladesh opposition goes underground as election threats grow

AFP | Subrata Chowdhury, an opposition candidate in the looming Bangladesh election, is too scared to leave his party office as campaign deaths and threats...