Yemeni govt backs UN peace talks but Hodeida still at risk

AFP | Yemen's president has supported a UN push for fresh talks to end almost four years of fighting in his war-torn country, but analysts...

America’s Drug War fuels the cartels – Jacob G Hornberger

Jacob G Hornberger | Ludwig von Mises pointed out that one government intervention inevitably leads to more government interventions. The reason is that the first...

Saudi hosts new conference in shadow of critic’s murder

AFP | Cyborg artists, parkour pioneers and a British boxing star headlined a Saudi youth conference Wednesday hosted by the powerful crown prince's charity, the...

Can Pakistan overcome energy shortage with coal?

AFP | In Pakistan's bleak Thar desert, the roar of trucks is constant at a massive Chinese-backed coal power project the government sees as an...

‘Very serious’: African swine fever spreads in China

AFP | African swine fever has spread rapidly to more than half of China's provinces despite measures to contain it, the government said, warning that...

Uber loss tops $1 bn as it seeks to diversify

AFP | Ride-share company Uber on Wednesday said that its net loss topped a billion dollars in the recently ended quarter as it pumped money...

Pay Rs 1-per-litre tax or exit the industry, CJP tells Bottled Water Companies

News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan has directed all provinces to impose Rs 1-per-litre tax on companies selling bottled water and constituted a...

Fact-check: Did Aasia Bibi meet the Pope?

AFP | A photo that claims to show Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who was acquitted of blasphemy, kissing Pope Francis is circulating on...

Are Nawaz Sharif & Khaqan Abbasi traitors?

News Desk | A full bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) has adjourned the hearing of a petition seeking start of treason proceedings against...

Indian court to review women entering flashpoint temple

AFP | India's top court Tuesday agreed to hear challenges to its decision to overturn a ban on women of menstruating age from entering a...

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...