New construction boom threatens Spanish coastline
AFP | Sandwiched between the crystalline blue sea and green pine trees lies Aiguafreda, one of Spain's last largely unspoiled Mediterranean coves, which is threatened...
‘Our mortgage doubled’: The Iceland families bearing cost of crash
AFP | It's been 10 years since Iceland's economy crashed, but Asthildur Thorsdottir and her husband Hafthor Olafsson are still struggling with crippling debt and...
North Korea holds 70th anniversary parade, without ICBMs
AFP | North Korea refrained from displaying its intercontinental missiles in a massive military parade through Pyongyang celebrating its 70th birthday Sunday -- a conspicuous...
Jack Ma to unveil succession plans, not imminent retirement: SCMP
AFP | Alibaba co-founder and chairman Jack Ma will unveil a succession plan on Monday, the South China Morning Post reported Sunday, with a company...
Asian markets hit by fresh trade fears after Trump comments
AFP | Donald Trump's latest threat to impose tariffs on all Chinese imports sent Asian markets tumbling Monday on growing fears of an all-out trade...
Re-opened Iraqi railway a sign of progress
AFP | The newly revived railway between Baghdad and Fallujah snakes across the western Iraqi desert, through a landscape of burned-out tanks, abandoned cars and...
At least seven killed in suicide attack on Kabul commemorations
AFP | A suicide bomber on a motorbike blew himself up near a convoy of gunmen commemorating the death anniversary of a famed resistance leader...
Pakistan’s new president Arif Alvi sworn in
AFP | Pakistan's new President Arif Alvi was sworn in at a ceremony in Islamabad on Sunday, concluding the country's peaceful transfer of power to...
New Cabinet Ministers Take Oath
News Analysis | The size of the Prime Minister’s cabinet is set to increase as new members of Imran Khan’s cabinet take oath on Monday,...
Government introduces new dimensions to broaden CPEC
News Analysis | Pakistan‘s new government has agreed with China to formally invite third-country investors to be part of the $60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor....
Trump spooked Pentagon with almost-sent tweet on N.Korea: Woodward
AFP | US President Donald Trump spooked the Pentagon leadership with a tweet that -- had it been sent -- North Korea would have read...
Acclaimed American Rapper Mac Miller dies at 26
News Desk | American Rapper Mac Miller has been found dead of an apparent drug overdose in his home in California. The 26-year-old artist was...