China denies internment of 1 mn Uighurs

AFP | China vehemently denied Monday allegations that one million of its mostly Muslim Uighur minority are being held in internment camps, insisting all ethnic...

Iraq’s top musicians play on despite unpaid wages

AFP | In a dusty Baghdad dance studio, conductor Mohammed Amin Ezzat tries to fire up the musicians of Iraq's National Symphony Orchestra, whose enthusiasm...

Why has Turkey’s currency fallen so sharply?

AFP | Turkey's lira has bled value against the dollar, leaving the country under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan facing its most serious economic challenge since...

Kabul deploys more soldiers to embattled Ghazni city

AFP | Afghanistan is sending fresh reinforcements to the embattled provincial capital of Ghazni, officials said Monday, where residents described Taliban fighters openly roaming the...

Protests before Hong Kong independence activist talk at press club

AFP | Rival protesters gathered outside Hong Kong's Foreign Correspondents' Club Tuesday as it was set to host a talk by an independence activist, despite...

Should the national anthem of Pakistan be re-written in Urdu Language?

News Desk | Have we ever wondered how many of us know the meaning of our national anthem? Our harmonious and beautiful “Qaumi Trana” consists...

CPEC provided “favorable financing arrangements”

AFP | Pakistan recently defended its economic partnership with China, amid fears that the terms of opaque multi-billion dollar investments by Beijing could be exacerbating...

Britain’s Prince Louis christened without Queen

AFP | Britain's Prince Louis of Cambridge, the baby son of Prince William and his wife Kate, was christened on Monday but Queen Elizabeth II...

Trump’s America: Killer of Indian engineer sentenced

News Analysis | A man, who killed an Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla in Kansas shooting last year, has been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole....

Fight for Afghan city rages despite govt claim of upper hand

AFP | The fight for the eastern Afghan city of Ghazni entered its third day as Taliban militants and security forces engaged in heavy clashes Sunday,...

PTI wants a “working relationship” with PML-N, PTI’s delegation tells PML-N leader

News Analysis | The leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) visited the PML-N's leader Ayaz Sadiq in Islamabad on Sunday. The delegation of the PTI visited...

Newly elected MNA’s take oath for third consecutive democratic government

AFP | Newly-elected lawmakers took oath for the third consecutive democratic government, in the inaugural session of the 15th National Assembly on Monday (Today). The...