Rio’s poorest teens caught between traffickers and the law
AFP | Antonio's story began one sunny afternoon in a favela near Copacabana beach when he picked up a 9mm pistol. It ended with his...
‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin gravely ill, ‘in hospice care’
AFP | Music legend Aretha Franklin is gravely ill and reportedly receiving hospice care, friends of the singer said Monday, as prayers and well wishes...
Russia to train Pakistani military officers after the U.S. cuts the funds
News Analysis | A few days back, it was reported that U.S military institutions are finding it hard to keep the reserved 66 slots for...
What does the future hold for Muslim Uighurs of China?
Simran Shoaib | Dispersed all around the world, millions of Muslims undergo terrible atrocities on account of their religion. Following 9/11 the universal image of...
A time for hope
Saad Rasool | This week, Pakistan celebrates its 71st anniversary of independence, members of a new Parliament take their respective oaths of office, a new...
Turkish lira takes a beating
News Analysis | The Turkish currency, the lira, took a hammering on Monday as it plunged almost eight percent igniting fears that the economic crisis...
The Caspian Sea: rich in oil and gas and caviar
AFP | The leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan are meeting in the Kazakh port city of Aktau on Sunday to sign a...
Imran Khan urges people to celebrate Independence Day ‘with full fervor’
News Desk | The expected prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has asked people to celebrate the Independence Day with extreme fervor and passion. Imran...
US further sidelines Pakistan in Afghanistan peace efforts
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The National Defense Authorization Act 2019, passed recently by the US Congress, is having a slight impact on the Pakistani...
Kailashi and Sheedi communities get their first political representation in the parliament
News Desk | Tanzeela Qambrani, 39, is set to become the first African-Pakistani legislature. Qambrani is expected to take the oath as parliamentarian on 13th...
Reunited post-Aleppo battle, Syria medics mete out ‘hope’
AFP| Her scarred hands wrapped in gloves, Malakeh Harbaliyya lifted an infant out of an incubator at a hospital in Syria's rural north, holding him...
The Uyghur militant threat: China cracks down and mulls policy changes
James M. Dorsey | China, responding to United Nations criticism, academic and media reports, and an embarrassing court case in Kazakhstan, has come closer to...