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...

‘Sultan of Coins’: Iran executes gold market launderer and accomplice

AFP | Iran executed a trader dubbed the "Sultan of Coins" and his accomplice on Wednesday for exploiting a surge in gold demand from savers...

British PM using Brexit for political survival

AFP | Lurching from crisis to crisis and fending off coup plots while navigating Britain's most important peacetime negotiations, Theresa May has defied the odds...

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...

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...
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