Qatar announces $150 million aid to Gaza

AFP | Qatar on Wednesday pledged $150 million in aid for Gaza, a day after fuel purchased by the Gulf state arrived at the only...

Sierra Leone scraps project for Chinese-built airport

AFP | Sierra Leone has scrapped a $400-million (347-million-euro) scheme for a Chinese-built airport, saying the project was too costly, but Beijing sought to dismiss...

Golf returns to Pakistan after 11-year absence

AFP | Birds were released over fairways and ceremonial drives were struck as international golf returned to Pakistan Thursday after an 11-year absence. A full field...

#NoTimeToSleep: Play shows problems of Death Penalty convicts

AFP | How does a condemned person feel in the 24 hours before execution? In Pakistan, one of the world's top executioners, an unprecedented artistic...

Climate Change: Drought forces Afghan farmers to flee

AFP | For only the second time in his life, Afghan farmer Murad Khan Ishaqzai has been forced to leave the home where he was...

Cyclone Titli: Eastern India devestated as 300,000 are evacuated

AFP | A cyclone packing winds of up to 150 kilometres (95 miles) per hour and heavy rains hit eastern India early Thursday, with over...

Afghan victims from air strikes rise by 39 percent: UN

AFP | The number of Afghans killed or wounded by air strikes rose 39 percent in the first nine months of 2018, the UN said...

Africa Cup offers Salah chance to regain scoring touch

AFP | Liverpool star Mohamed Salah gets a chance to rediscover his scoring touch when he plays for Egypt against eSwatini (formerly Swaziland) in the...

Remodelling the Belt and Road: Pakistan picks up the torch

James M Dorsey | A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn and Tumblr. Pakistan, following in the footsteps of Malaysia...

Five men and the sea: huge marlin sinks Filipino fishing boat

AFP | It reads like a modern day take on 'The Old Man and the Sea' -- five Filipino fishermen cast adrift for days on...

SC rejects PML-N’s Talal Chaudhry’s apology in contempt of court case

News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan has rejected Pakistan Muslim Nawaz (PML-N) leader Talal Chaudhry’s apology in the contempt case. The Chief justice...

Lt Gen Asim Munir: A tough man for a tough job

News Desk | On Wednesday, the army's media wing announced that Lt Gen Asim Munir has been appointed the new director general (DG) of the...
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