Japan evacuates major airport after typhoon wreaks havoc

AFP | A major airport that was cut off when a huge typhoon smashed through its sole access road was being evacuated Wednesday, as Japan...

United States a superpower or a hub of drug addicts? – Jacob G. Hornberger

Jacob G. Hornberger | After decades of warfare, the federal drug war has become a predictable cycle. Drug dealer, drug gang, or drug user busted....

Miss England contestant in hijab first

AFP | A Miss England contestant is set to wear a hijab in the finals on Tuesday, in a first for the organisation. Sara Iftekhar,...

Water scarcity making country a wasteland

News Analysis | The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Sunday said the scarcity of water is transforming the country into a desert which requires the...

Nearly 100 elephants killed for ivory in Botswana

AFP | Ninety elephant carcasses have been discovered in Botswana with their tusks hacked off, a charity said Tuesday, in figures fiercely contested by the...

National unity: PM & COAS meet 3rd time in a week

News Analysis | Ahead of the visit by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tomorrow, Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief of Army Staff (COAS)...

Government cuts blamed for Brazil National Museum inferno

AFP | Brazilian officials on Monday blamed years of government cutbacks for an inferno that gutted the treasured National Museum, described by President Michel Temer...

Ehsan Mani elected PCB Chairman unopposed

News Analysis | Ehsan Mani, former ICC President, who was nominated by Prime Minister Imran Khan on the day of his oath-taking, has been elected as Chairman...

Thousands pack huge anti-racism gig as Merkel urges Germans to speak out

AFP | Tens of thousands of people thronged an anti-racism concert Monday in protest against xenophobic mobs that ran rampage in the city of Chemnitz,...

End dollar supremacy, says Turkish President

News Analysis | The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said on Sunday that the reign of the American dollar in global trade needed to...

My worst time? This is not even close, says beaten Sharapova

AFP | Maria Sharapova laughed off suggestions that losing in the US Open fourth round represented the toughest period of her life. That, she insists,...

Pakistan looks to trace back $150 billion stashed in UAE

News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan has been told on Monday that Pakistanis own around $150 billion worth of properties and assets in...