Qatar announces $150 million aid to Gaza
AFP | Qatar on Wednesday pledged $150 million in aid for Gaza, a day after fuel purchased by the Gulf state arrived at the only...
Sierra Leone scraps project for Chinese-built airport
AFP | Sierra Leone has scrapped a $400-million (347-million-euro) scheme for a Chinese-built airport, saying the project was too costly, but Beijing sought to dismiss...
Golf returns to Pakistan after 11-year absence
AFP | Birds were released over fairways and ceremonial drives were struck as international golf returned to Pakistan Thursday after an 11-year absence. A full field...
#NoTimeToSleep: Play shows problems of Death Penalty convicts
AFP | How does a condemned person feel in the 24 hours before execution? In Pakistan, one of the world's top executioners, an unprecedented artistic...
Climate Change: Drought forces Afghan farmers to flee
AFP | For only the second time in his life, Afghan farmer Murad Khan Ishaqzai has been forced to leave the home where he was...
Cyclone Titli: Eastern India devestated as 300,000 are evacuated
AFP | A cyclone packing winds of up to 150 kilometres (95 miles) per hour and heavy rains hit eastern India early Thursday, with over...
Afghan victims from air strikes rise by 39 percent: UN
AFP | The number of Afghans killed or wounded by air strikes rose 39 percent in the first nine months of 2018, the UN said...
Fatima Bhutto criticizes Melania Trump’s colonial attire
News Desk | Fatima Bhutto was highly critical of the Melania's Trump choice of outfit during her visit to Egypt. Fatima Bhutto in her recent...
“Explain the loans”: PM Khan chairs Cabinet meeting
News Desk | Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired the federal cabinet meeting on Thursday, 11th October at the PM office, news agencies reported. The cabinet took...
Why is Khwaja Saad Rafique applying for protective bail?
News Desk | The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has rejected Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Saad Rafique's plea for a protective bail. Former railways minister...
Jamal Khashoggi changes the Middle East at potentially horrible cost – James M. Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | The fate of missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, assuming that his disappearance was the work of Saudi security and military officials,...
Myanmar ‘unwilling’ to probe Rohingya abuse, UN must act: rights envoy
AFP | Myanmar is "unable and unwilling" to investigate its abuses against Rohingya Muslims, a UN rights envoy has said, bolstering calls for the country's...