1.4 billion risk disease from lack of exercise: WHO

AFP | More than 1.4 billion adults are putting themselves at heightened risk of deadly diseases by not getting enough exercise, doctors are warning, with...

Natalie Portman: US school shootings a ‘civil war’

AFP | Hollywood star Natalie Portman called school shootings America's "civil war" Tuesday, comparing the psychological torment they cause to the threat of terror attacks...

Pompeo set to land in ‘sovereign’ Pakistan today

News Analysis | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will arrive Pakistan today (Wednesday) for the first high-level official meetings with leaders of the newly-elected...

When the American dream became a mortgage nightmare

AFP | A decade ago, as the financial crisis raged in the United States, Jesus Rodriguez told his kids a fib: he was selling the...

Why would Dr. Arif Alvi remain a symbolic president?

News Analysis | The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) veteran and founding member Dr. Arif Alvi has been elected as the 13th President of Pakistan. Former president...

Education: A luxury afforded by the rich

Faria Zeeshan | Can this society ever change for the better for those countless deprived souls who barely survive each day? Will it ever change...

Kashmir’s national anthem to get a new composition

News Desk | Kashmiri national anthem ‘Watan Humara' is set to get a new modern composition as announced by the state cabinet. The state cabinet...

The fear of being labeled a conspiracy theorist – Jacob G Homberger

Jacob G Homberger | One of the CIA’s most successful propaganda campaigns in its 70-year history has been its use of the term “conspiracy theorist”...

Shahbaz unfit to lead? PML-N looks towards Adyala

News Analysis | According to reports, PML(N) leader Shahbaz Sharif faced a tough time at the hands of his own party members in a recent...

Raging fire tears through prized Rio museum

AFP | A massive fire ripped through Rio de Janeiro's treasured National Museum, one of Brazil's oldest, in what the nation's president says is a...

Pellet guns: Indian forces kill youth in Pulwama, IOK

News Analysis | A youth died of a bullet wound to the head and another suffered “severe nerve injury” due to pellets after Indian forces...

TTP terror: 3 TTP operatives killed in Karachi as terror plot foiled

News Analysis | Three terrorists belonging to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were killed during a police encounter in the metropolis’ Ittehad Town early Tuesday. Police and...