Rohingya mark ‘black day’ one year after Myanmar violence

AFP | Rohingya refugees Saturday marked the anniversary of a deadly military crackdown in their Myanmar homeland that drove 700,000 of the persecuted minority into...

Hollywood actor Vincent Cassel ties knot with model

AFP | Hollywood actor Vincent Cassel, 51, married 21-year-old model Tina Kunakey in a low-key ceremony in his native France on Friday. The actor, who...

Airbnb sues New York over ‘government overreach’

AFP | Airbnb sued the city of New York on Friday, denouncing as "an extraordinary act of government overreach" a new law forcing home-sharing platforms...

Kofi Annan to receive state burial in Ghana on Sept 13

AFP | Former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan will receive a state funeral and burial in Ghana on September 13, the Ghanaian president said...

PML-N may support Aitzaz Ahsan, only if he apologizes to Nawaz: Pervez Rasheed

News Analysis | The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has decided to back the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) presidential candidate Ch. Aitzaz Ahsan. But the PMLN...

IMF urges Saudi Arabia to contain spending and wages

AFP | The IMF on Friday warned Saudi Arabia against boosting spending in the wake of rising oil prices, urging the world's top crude exporter...

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...

Pakistan’s ‘new’ foreign policy under Imran Khan

News Analysis | Prime Minister Imran Khan has visited the Foreign Office (FO) today and is chairing a meeting to discuss Pakistan’s current relations with...

Imran’s political and diplomatic dilemmas – Asif Haroon Raja

Asif Haroon Raja | Imran Khan (IK) has assumed charge of the government at a time when Pakistan is in the dire economic strait and...

‘Factually incorrect’ statements and ‘Narrow perceptions’ from POTUS administration

News Desk | After Pakistan Pakistan denied that the issue of terrorism had been discussed at all, in a phone call, between U.S. Secretary Mike Pompeo...

Can Imran Khan bring Pakistan in from the diplomatic cold?

AFP | Tensions with Afghanistan, faltering relations with the US, and chronically poor ties with India. Pakistan today stands isolated, observers say, and bringing it...

The incredible story of Imran Khan

Saad Rasool | Imran Khan has been sworn in as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan. Put another way: Prime Minister Imran Khan (just saying...