Lack of global leadership spurs instability in the Middle East
James M. Dorsey | With multiple Middle Eastern disputes threatening to spill out of control, United Arab Emirates minister of state for foreign affairs Anwar...
Hungary PM says does not want a European Union led by France
AFP | Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday said in an interview he did "not want a European Union led by France", adding that...
Armenia grants arrest warrant for ex-president over vote rigging
AFP | An Armenian court on Friday granted prosecutors an arrest warrant for former president Robert Kocharyan on charges of "overthrowing constitutional order" by rigging...
Putin Invites Trump to Moscow as White House postponed the summit plans due to internal pressure
News Analysis | Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited US president Donald Trump to visit Moscow for the one-to-one summit after Trump administration decided to...
Spain’s new PM suffers first setback
AFP | Less than two months after he came to power, Spain's new Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was dealt his first major blow Friday in...
Disaster-hit Japan braces for powerful typhoon
AFP | A powerful typhoon hurtled towards Japan Saturday, with western areas recently devastated by floods and landslides in the storm's cross-hairs. Typhoon Jongdari, packing...
Maulana Fazlur Rehman chairs a genuinely ‘divided MPC’: Here are some facts
News Analysis | Maulana Fazlur Rehman, President of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), has threatened to disrupt the political process in the country if the results of...
Boko Haram jihadists raid military base in NE Nigeria
AFP | Boko Haram fighters aboard dozens of vehicles raided a base near a key city in northeast Nigeria, in their latest assault on the...
Putin says ‘ready to go to Washington’, invites Trump to Moscow
AFP | Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he had invited US leader Donald Trump to visit Moscow and was ready to travel to...
Ahed Tamimi, symbol of Mid East conflict, prepares for freedom
AFP | A Palestinian teenager jailed by Israel for slapping and kicking Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank is to go free on Sunday...
What does Imran Khan’s fight for Kashmir means to Kashmiris?
Murtaza Shibli | Ghulam Nabi Ganai, a 67-year-old retired executive engineer, is elated about Imran Khan’s victory. As I enter his home in Frisal, a...
PTI likely to lead in Punjab Assembly, media reports
News Analysis | Hamza Shahbaz, son of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Shahbaz Sharif, has said on Friday that his party was ready to form a...