Baghdad strikes deal with Kurds to restart Kirkuk oil exports

AFP | Iraq's central government has agreed with Kurdish authorities to resume oil exports from Kirkuk, the oil ministry said Friday, a year after federal...

Baluchistan: The target of fifth generation warfare

Abdul Rasool Syed | Baluchistan, the El-dorado of Pakistan and a province of highly geo-strategic, geo-economic and geo-political importance seems to be witnessing fifth generation warfare....

Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur cherishes dual role after record feat

AFP | Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur Rahim said he enjoyed his dual role in the team as wicketkeeper and batsman after scoring a record double hundred against...

Facebook shuts more accounts aimed at political meddling

AFP | Facebook on Tuesday said it shut down more accounts aimed at influencing the US midterm election and that it is exploring a possible...

Deadly Smog: ‘lungs’ turn sickly brown in days

AFP | A pair of artificial lungs put up in New Delhi to demonstrate the lethal effects of smog have turned a sickly dark brown...

As US retreats, China touts its trade deal wares to Asia

AFP | China is touting itself as the new defender of global commerce as it works with Asia-Pacific leaders to hammer out the world's largest...

Thousands of Afghans flee fighting in Hazara districts

AFP | Thousands of Afghans have fled to Ghazni city to escape fighting in two Hazara-dominated districts, with some describing the violence Tuesday as the...

Asia Bibi case: Understanding ‘divine law’ for the evil voices

Ali Tahir | In the famous series the Game of Thrones, the 'Faith Militants' are supported by the Queen Regent Cersei Lannister. They as a...

The Great War of Our Time: The CIA’s fight against terrorism – Book Review

News Desk | Take any important issue in our times; the average person on the street is likely to have a strong opinion about it,...

High-priced rotten meat: SFA finally in action

News Desk | The Sind food authority (SFA) raided the warehouse of sealed Arizona Gill Restaurant in Zamzama Karachi and confiscated the expired meat stashed...

Shifting Tectonic Plates in Middle East-Ankara’s convergence and US concerns

Iqra Aziz | The landscape of the Middle East has allowed the regional powers—Iran, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Turkey to maneuver their moves to...

Human Rights: The tragedy of Indian occupation in Kashmir

Adeel Mukhtar Mirza | Hardly a day goes by without the coverage of the intensification of ongoing human rights violations in the Indian Occupied Kashmir...