14 Iran security personnel seized on Pakistan border
AFP | Fourteen Iranian security personnel, including Revolutionary Guards intelligence officers, were abducted on the volatile southeastern border with Pakistan on Tuesday, state media reported. The...
Maldives leader blames defeat on ‘disappearing ink’
AFP | Outgoing Maldives President Abdulla Yameen has told the Supreme Court that disappearing ink and specially treated ballot papers were to blame for his...
Yadav shines as India sweeps West Indies series
AFP | Paceman Umesh Yadav claimed a match haul of 10 wickets to lead India to a series sweep against the West Indies with a...
‘Confusing’ US signals: China still hopeful about Trump-Xi meet
AFP | US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will "probably" meet at a G20 summit next month, a US official said Sunday,...
Gandhi statue sparks controversy in Malawi
AFP | Over 3,000 people have signed a petition opposing a planned statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Malawi's commercial capital Blantyre, saying the Indian independence...
Accountability Campaign: New agreements against money-laundering
News Desk | Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar has said that the government has finalized a mutual legal assistance law...
India needs to change its Anti Pakistan policy – Subhajit Naskar
Subhajit Naskar | In a letter addressing to the Indian PM as "Modi Sahab", Prime Minister Imran Khan had suggested a meeting between the foreign...
Idlib province: Syria’s last major rebel stronghold
AFP | Syria's jihadist-dominated Idlib province is the last major area still outside regime control, after a string of ferocious assaults this year put most...
Shrines under the watchful eye: CJP orders forensic audit
News Desk | The Punjab Auqaf Department has been ordered by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to submit a forensic audit of the money which...
Iran’s new breed of charities on poverty frontline
AFP | At an outreach center in southern Tehran, teenagers are learning to be journalists, while upstairs their mothers are fine-tuning their sewing skills and...
ICC charges Sri Lankan legend Jayasuriya in anti-corruption probe
AFP | Dashing former Sri Lankan batsman and ex-chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya has been charged for not cooperating with a match-fixing probe and concealing information,...
The Lhotshampa: The unhappy people of the world’s happiest country
AFP | The Himalayan nation of Bhutan, often described as a "Shangri-La" where happiness is equated to wealth, is holding elections this week. But the Lhotshampa...