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,...

Pakistan at a crossroads as Imran Khan is sworn in -James Dorsey

James M. Dorsey | Criticism of Pakistan’s anti-money laundering and terrorism finance regime by the Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) is likely to...

South Korean families gather on eve of rare reunion

AFP | Dozens of elderly and frail South Koreans gathered excitedly Sunday on the eve of their first meeting for nearly seven decades with family...

Imran Khan vows change in first address as Pakistan PM

AFP | Imran Khan made his first speech as Pakistan's prime minister late Sunday, giving a wide-ranging, televised address in which he announced reforms targeting...

Agriculture development

Dr. Farid A Malik | My great friend Tariq Bucha (Late), was President Farmer’s Association of Pakistan and also headed the Agriculture and Rural Development...

Honduran families traumatized by US-imposed separations

AFP | Since being returned to his parents in Honduras, 16-month-old Johan has suffered from stomach problems and sleepwalking. They say the symptoms come from the...

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...