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...
Senior Trump officials survey California fire devastation as toll mounts
AFP | Senior members of President Donald Trump's administration visited California Monday as the toll rose to at least nine dead in blazes that have...
Glamour girl turned duchess: Meghan tones down
AFP | Muted colours, long dresses and chaste necklines: Meghan has had to tone down her fashion choices since marrying Prince Harry in May but...
Mali opposition leader rejects results as counting underway
AFP | Malian opposition candidate Soumaila Cisse said on Monday he would reject the results of a presidential runoff marred by accusations of fraud, violence,...
Turkish lira struggles in Asia but equities see some stability
AFP | Turkey's lira remained under pressure in Asian trade Tuesday but markets in the region enjoyed a little more stability after the previous day's...
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...
After Charlottesville, American neo-Nazis in disarray
AFP | A year after American white supremacists marched with flaming torches through a southern university and delighted in President Donald Trump's response after protests...
China denies internment of 1 mn Uighurs
AFP | China vehemently denied Monday allegations that one million of its mostly Muslim Uighur minority are being held in internment camps, insisting all ethnic...
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...