Four questions on Iran’s legal challenge to US sanctions

AFP | Iran's legal challenge against renewed sanctions by the United States goes before the UN's International Court of Justice on Monday. Here are four key...

Sweden launches ‘feminist foreign policy’ manual

AFP | Sweden released a handbook of its "feminist foreign policy" Thursday for rights groups and foreign governments, showcasing lessons from the Scandinavian nation's flagship...

Thar badleyga Pakistan -Farid A. Malik

Dr. Farid A Malik | Celebrated the independence day at Thar which happens to be one of the largest single deposit of coal in the...

Common man’s uncommon PM -Ikram Sehgal

Ikram Sehgal | Imran Khan won over the hearts of the masses by his very candid and honest manner in his address to the nation...

Imran’s austerity drive amid economic catastrophe

News Analysis | Prime Minister Imran Khan in his maiden speech to the nation envisioned the austerity drive and opted to start the spending cuts...

Bodies found as floods recede in India’s Kerala

AFP | Floodwaters receded in Kerala on Monday, leaving Indian rescuers the grim task of retrieving bodies as the death toll from the worst monsoon...

Fifty years ago, Soviet tanks crush the Prague Spring

AFP | In August 1968 Soviet tanks rolled into communist Czechoslovakia to crush a burgeoning democratic reform movement known as the Prague Spring. Here is...

US welcomes Afghanistan’s latest ceasefire offer to Taliban

AFP | The United States on Sunday welcomed the announcement by Kabul of a provisional ceasefire with the Taliban, saying the plan "responds to the...

Tributes pour in for former UN chief and Nobel laureate Kofi Annan

AFP | From his native Africa to the United States, tributes continued to pour in from around the world Sunday after UN chief, Nobel peace...

When Czechoslovaks cracked jokes in the face of Soviet tanks

AFP | Even when Soviet tanks invaded their country on August 21, 1968, to wipe out a pro-democracy movement, Czechoslovaks managed to maintain their unique...

More than two million Muslims begin hajj pilgrimage

AFP | More than two million Muslims from around the globe started the hajj pilgrimage on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, one of the world's largest...

New Cabinet takes oath

News Analysis | The Prime Minister’s cabinet in ‘Naya Pakistan’ took oath today in the early hours of today. The President of Pakistan, Mamnoon Hussain,...