Marine combat veteran kills 12 in crowded California bar

AFP | A 28-year-old US Marine Corps combat veteran opened fire in a crowded country music bar in California, killing 12 people including a police...

Maoist rebels kill five in India bus blast

AFP | Indian Maoist rebels Thursday killed five people including a policeman by detonating a landmine under a bus in a restive central state that...

What are the cornerstones of Pakistan’s maritime security strategy?

Rashid Nazir Choudhary | Preservation and maintenance of stable maritime order, in the Indian Ocean particularly in the Arabian Sea, is one of the cornerstones...

Yemen troops advance deeper into rebel-held Hodeida

AFP | Yemeni pro-government forces backed by Saudi-led coalition warplanes advanced inside rebel-held Hodeida Thursday, leaving hundreds of thousands of civilians bracing for fighting in...

Parliamentarians to be schooled by Ethics Committee

News Analysis | The government and opposition have decided to form an Ethics Committee on Thursday. Defense Minister Pervez Khattak informed the house it had...

Pakistan: “Rule of Law” without “Just Society”?

Dr. S. Zulfiqar Gilani | Although bandied about for as long as one remembers, only recently has the rule of law started being enforced for...

Amnesty accuses Yemen rebels of ‘militarising’ hospital

AFP | Amnesty International accused Yemeni rebels on Thursday of "deliberate militarisation of hospitals" in the battleground city of Hodeida and called on warring parties...

Chinese state media debuts ‘AI’ news anchors

AFP | China's state-controlled news broadcasters have long been considered somewhat robotic in their daily recitation of pro-government propaganda and a pair of new presenters...

Delhi suffers toxic smog hangover after Diwali firework frenzy

AFP | Air pollution in New Delhi hit hazardous levels Thursday after a night of free-for-all Diwali fireworks, despite Supreme Court efforts to curb the...

How the 26-year-old Tamil Tiger Insurgency was Defeated

Sarmad Ishfaq | The article deliberates how Sri Lanka militarily bested the Tamil Tigers with what is known as the Rajapaksa or Sri Lankan Counterinsurgency...

US ‘war on terror’ has killed 500,000 people: study

AFP | About half a million people have died violently in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan due to the US "war on terror" that was launched...

Poet of East: through the lens of Iqbal Museum?

Muhammad Zahid Rifat | The ever-grateful nation is celebrating 141st birth anniversary of great thinker and poet Dr. Muhammad Iqbal on November 9, 2018 (today) to...