Turkey slaps retaliatory tariff hikes on key US products
AFP | Turkey hiked Wednesday tariffs on imports of several key US products in retaliation for American sanctions against Ankara, as a bitter dispute between...
War and Ebola: A double nightmare in eastern DR Congo
AFP | First came the war, which developed into a brutal, bloody tussle between militias who abused civilians or killed them. Now Ebola, a name...
China to send negotiator to US for trade talks this month
AFP | China will send a top negotiator to the United States in late August to resume trade talks, the commerce ministry said Thursday, the...
Police probe ‘terrorist’ car attack outside UK parliament
AFP | A car swerved into passers-by then slammed into a barrier protecting Britain's Houses of Parliament in a suspected terror attack on Tuesday. A...
Pakistan’s 72 Independence Day: New surge of excitement, why? – Haider Mehdi
Syed Haider Raza Mehdi | As we celebrate our 71st Independence day with a feeling of much greater hope and renewed vigour as a new...
US defense chief woos Brazil as Chinese influence grows
AFP | US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis urged closer strategic ties with Brazil on Tuesday in what appeared to be part of a concerted pushback...
Asad Qaiser elected NA speaker, house pays tribute to Ayaz Sadiq
News Desk | Asad Qaiser of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was elected as Speaker of the National Assembly on Wednesday, according to results announced by outgoing...
Voting under way to elect a National Assembly speaker and deputy speaker today
News Analysis | The 15th National Assembly of Pakistan will elect its speaker and deputy speaker today. The much-anticipated election for this coveted position will...
Sports narrative of Pakistan
Major Amir Bilal | Sports Narrative of Pakistan is anchored in its golden decades of the fifties and sixties when Pakistani athletes achieved monumental successes...
Amid ethnic protests, Iran warns of foreign meddling
James M. Dorsey | Iran has raised the specter of a US-Saudi effort to destabilize the country by exploiting economic grievances against the backdrop of...
Lira crisis and ‘collateral currency damage’ to other countries
News Analysis | The crisis in Turkey is no longer limited to threatening its own territory, only. In fact, this crisis is spreading to other...
Imran Khan likely to wear an old Sherwani in ‘Naya Pakistan’
News Desk | Imran Khan will not adorn a new Sherwani and is likely to follow his white dress code of Shalwar Kameez when he...