Qatar considering offers to host World Cup teams abroad: organiser

AFP | Qatar is considering offers from other countries to host teams during the 2022 World Cup, but no decision has been taken yet, the...

Iraq gets US sanctions break to buy electricity from Iran

AFP | Iraq has won an exemption allowing it to buy Iranian electricity despite US sanctions, as the country plagued by chronic power shortages walks...

Dutch pulls several Pakistan embassy staff over threats: FM

AFP | The Netherlands said Monday it has pulled several embassy staff members from Pakistan over persistent threats, reportedly from Islamists angry over anti-Islam tweets...

Afghanistan: A failed state?

News Desk | A suicide bomber targeting a bus carrying employees of Afghanistan´s biggest prison killed at least seven people on Wednesday, officials said, in...

Canada in talks with Pakistan over possibly taking in Asia Bibi

AFP | Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that his government was holding talks with Pakistan over potentially offering asylum to Asia Bibi, a Christian...

US tells Saudi prince Khashoggi killers to be held accountable

AFP | Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday the US will hold accountable all those involved in...

Afghanistan continues to bleed: Six killed in a suicide attack

AFP | Six people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in Kabul Monday, close to where scores of Afghans had been protesting...

Will NAB bow down to the opposition’s mounting pressure?

News Analysis | The Senate Standing Committee on Law and Justice, headed by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Javed Abbasi, has called the National Accountability...

Anti-corruption drive: Sheikh Rashid predictions come true as Qaim Ali Shah fears arrest

News Desk | Former Chief Minister of Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah has approached the Sindh high court on Tuesday to seek pre-arrest bail in...

Asia Bibi won’t leave Pakistan till the end of the legal process

News Desk | Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Pir Noor-ul-Haq Qadri brushed away the rumors of Aasia Bibi leaving the country on...

Model Town Tragedy: Will the SC summon Sharif brothers?

News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan has fixed the date for the hearing of a petition against the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) decision...

US soldiers died for nothing in WWI – Jacob G Hornberger

Jacob G Hornberger | Let’s be blunt: the 117,466 U.S. soldiers who died in World War I died for nothing. No one can deny that....