UK says differences remain, as hopes rise of Brexit breakthrough

AFP | Britain warned Monday there were still "big issues" to resolve in Brexit negotiations with the European Union, even as hopes grow in Brussels...

Iran says Saudi claims to replace its oil ‘unbelievable’

AFP | Iran's oil minister said on Monday that the market will never believe "exaggerated" claims by Saudi Arabia that it can replace Iranian oil...

China tells Pompeo US must stop ‘misguided actions’

AFP | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo faced a testy exchange with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing on Monday, days after a blistering US...

Pakistan Christian in last appeal on blasphemy death sentence

AFP | Pakistan's Supreme Court said it had reached a judgment Monday after hearing the final appeal of a Christian mother on death row for...

Australia seeks to settle migrants outside major cities

AFP | Australia is drawing up plans to require migrants to temporarily settle in regional and rural areas to ease congestion in major cities, the...

Google says social network bug exposed private data

News Desk | Google announced Monday it is shutting down the consumer version of its online social network after fixing a bug exposing private data...

Khyber to Karachi: How will Pakistan match its population boom? – M Zafar Khan Safdar

M Zafar Khan Safdar | For years, Pakistan’s soaring population growth has been evident in increasingly crowded roads, hospitals, schools, parks, and communities across the...

What does 10,000,000% inflation look like? See Venezuela

AFP | What does it look like to have inflation of 10 million percent? When something that cost $1 now costs $100,000, is there even...

High Time for Afghan Government to Put Its Own House in Order First

Merwah Qureshi | Pakistan not only shares a porous 2430-km border with Afghanistan but the cultural, religious and extended familial ties also link these two...

‘Explosion’ scare: Balloons shock Rahul Gandhi

AFP | Rahul Gandhi, India's opposition leader and scion of the political Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, had an explosion scare after balloons at a political roadshow burst...

Iran parliament passes counter-terror finance bill

AFP | Iran's parliament on Sunday approved a bill to counter terrorist financing that was strongly opposed by conservatives but seen as vital to salvaging...

Legal Battle: US vs Iran in UN top court

AFP | The United States will confront Tehran at the UN's top court on Monday over billions in frozen assets, in a case that could...