Iraq’s top musicians play on despite unpaid wages
AFP | In a dusty Baghdad dance studio, conductor Mohammed Amin Ezzat tries to fire up the musicians of Iraq's National Symphony Orchestra, whose enthusiasm...
Why has Turkey’s currency fallen so sharply?
AFP | Turkey's lira has bled value against the dollar, leaving the country under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan facing its most serious economic challenge since...
Kabul deploys more soldiers to embattled Ghazni city
AFP | Afghanistan is sending fresh reinforcements to the embattled provincial capital of Ghazni, officials said Monday, where residents described Taliban fighters openly roaming the...
Protests before Hong Kong independence activist talk at press club
AFP | Rival protesters gathered outside Hong Kong's Foreign Correspondents' Club Tuesday as it was set to host a talk by an independence activist, despite...
Should the national anthem of Pakistan be re-written in Urdu Language?
News Desk | Have we ever wondered how many of us know the meaning of our national anthem? Our harmonious and beautiful “Qaumi Trana” consists...
CPEC provided “favorable financing arrangements”
AFP | Pakistan recently defended its economic partnership with China, amid fears that the terms of opaque multi-billion dollar investments by Beijing could be exacerbating...
Britain’s Prince Louis christened without Queen
AFP | Britain's Prince Louis of Cambridge, the baby son of Prince William and his wife Kate, was christened on Monday but Queen Elizabeth II...
PIA & Bianca Zubeck Video: NAB should stop being ridiculous..!
Moeed Pirzada | Many wonder why is Pakistan’s National Accountability Bureau (NAB) getting itself into issues which are clearly beyond its scope and capacities. NAB...
Former S. Korea presidential hopeful acquitted in sex abuse case
AFP | A former South Korean presidential contender was found not guilty on all charges on Tuesday in a trial stemming from allegations he raped...
Turkey crisis risks souring military ties with US
AFP | The crisis in US-Turkish relations, which already has put Turkey's economy under massive strain, also risks souring military ties between the two NATO...
A.Q. Khan: Nuclear hero to Pakistan, villain to West
AFP | Pakistani atomic scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan is hailed as a national hero for transforming his country into the world's first Islamic nuclear power...
PTI wants a “working relationship” with PML-N, PTI’s delegation tells PML-N leader
News Analysis | The leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) visited the PML-N's leader Ayaz Sadiq in Islamabad on Sunday. The delegation of the PTI visited...