Australia target first Asia series win since 2011 – Paine

AFP | Australian skipper Tim Paine vowed his team would do its utmost to win the second Test against Pakistan starting in Abu Dhabi from...

Police on high alert ahead of Indian temple opening to women

AFP | India deployed hundreds of police Tuesday in southern Kerala state where protesters have threatened to stop women from entering a Hindu temple, despite...

Tensions rise over women’s entry to Indian temple

AFP | Thousands of devotees joined street marches in southern India on Monday as tensions mounted over a recent Supreme Court verdict revoking a ban...

Dear Imran Khan: Hunt or Be Hunted

Dear Prime Minister, I watch from a distance as the vessel sails into an abyss, the deck is stacked, the rules are rigged -...

Patwari Bhands of an Ancient Punjabi Regime

Javed Hassan | It’s a universal truth that change is not easy, and for those who have enjoyed a cozy cordiality with past regimes, having...

From enduring sexual violence to becoming noble laureate – Dr. Zeeshan Khan

Dr. Zeeshan Khan | “At some point, there was rape and nothing else. This becomes your normal day,” Ms. Murad wrote in her autobiography, “The...

Indian airline hits a wall: ‘Ba Kamal Log, La Jawab Service’

News Desk | A passenger plane travelling from the south Indian city of Trichy to Dubai sustained damage after hitting the airport wall during takeoff....

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...

England’s northern ports look to prosper from Brexit

AFP | Brexit has brought hope to the windswept docks of the Humber River, a key goods gateway in northeast England where tens of millions...

Sushmita Sen, Bipasha Basu laud #MeToo movement

News Desk | Bollywood actresses Sushmita Sen and Bipasha Basu have appreciated the women who are courageously coming forward with their stories of sexual harassment....