India warns of ‘extremely grave’ crisis as flood toll rises

AFP | Hundreds of troops led a desperate operation to rescue families trapped by mounting floods in India's Kerala state Thursday as the death toll...

Current assemblies are the most ‘controversial’, alleges PML-N President

News Analysis | The President of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Shahbaz Sharif has alleged that the present assemblies are the most ‘controversial’ ones in...

The democratic Messiah to wake the nation from a deep slumber

Waqqas Shabbir | Goons have been busted, Zardaris are on crossroads. Drunkard speaker has been reelected, personal aides have been served. Nepotism is the only mantra. Mafia...

Tehran museum lionises war in which Iran took on ‘world’

AFP | With its air raid simulator and battlefield reconstructions, the state-of-the-art Holy Defence Museum in Tehran seeks to glorify the Iran-Iraq war as a...

Iraqi girls take up swimming in IS-free Mosul

AFP | Her father and grandfather gained fame in the pool. Now, 12-year-old Rama Omar hopes to do the same -- a bold move in...

Imran Khan, the 22nd Prime Minister, graces Pakistan’s democracy, supporters are in tears.

News Analysis | Imran Khan, a cricketer-turned-statesman, has been elected as the 22nd Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. His party, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf...

Prosecutor in Chilean sex abuse scandal targets bishops

AFP | The prosecutor in charge of investigating a massive sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church in Chile said several bishops could face charges...

Saudi Arabia tests Japan-inspired ‘nap pods’ for Hajj

AFP | Mansour al-Amer swipes a card to reveal a narrow sleep pod, reminiscent of Japan's famed capsule hotels. But this pod is in Saudi...

Search for survivors as anger mounts over Italy bridge collapse

AFP | Rescue workers in Genoa toiled for a third night in the wreckage of a collapsed bridge, continuing the desperate search for people still...

The game of skins; how Eid-ul-Adha used to be a time of fear

Eid-ul-Adha is the holiest of Islamic festivals but ironically, these sacred days provide a bonanza for the whole criminal spectrum from the low-level hoodlums...

Post-election predicament: Another episode of anti-institutional propaganda setting

Merwah Qureshi | The post-election atmosphere in Pakistan tells the tale of an anti-institutional propaganda setting. Most of the defeated politicians, after losing their tokens...

Is India committing war crimes in Occupied Kashmir?

Merwah Qureshi | For decades, people of Kashmir have been suffering at the hands of Indian authorities. And over these years excluding a few instances,...
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