At Trump summit, Putin made ‘concrete’ Ukraine offer: envoy
AFP | Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a concrete offer on Ukraine to his US counterpart Donald Trump, the Russian ambassador to Washington said...
Italian coastguards express unease as government closes ports to migrants
AFP | The decision by Italy's new populist government to close the country's ports to migrants saved at sea is causing unease within the heart...
China and UAE sign deals as president visits Abu Dhabi
AFP | China and the United Arab Emirates signed a raft of economic agreements Friday as President Xi Jinping held "extensive talks" in Abu Dhabi...
Moscow suggests cooperation with US on return of Syrian refugees
AFP | Moscow has put forward plans to Washington to cooperate on the safe return of refugees to Syria, the Russian ministry of defense said...
European heatwave brings drought, wildfires
AFP | Wildfires in the Arctic Circle, drought-stricken farmers and a spike in hospital treatment for sunburn: an unusually long heatwave this summer has northern...
“We don’t see free and fair elections taking place in Pakistan,” say PML-N Senator
News Analysis | Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is seemingly convinced that the upcoming general elections are not going to be ‘free and fair’. The senators...
Trump accuses China, EU of currency manipulation
AFP | President Donald Trump on Friday launched a fresh attack on American trading partners, saying the EU and China were manipulating their currencies, and...
Indian SC on 20 year old Temple Entry Case: “Once you open it for public, anybody can go,”
News Analysis | The Indian Supreme Court observed that the right of prayer for women was as equal as that of men during its hearing...
PTI university claims shunned by HEC
News Analysis | As general elections are closing in, politicians indulge in ceasefire via dialogues on a regular basis. Read more: Independent Observers arrive in Pakistan, as...
Israel adopts controversial Jewish nation-state law
AFP | Israel's parliament on Thursday adopted a law defining the country as the nation-state of the Jewish people, provoking fears it could lead to...
U.S defense and state secretary will travel to India in September
News Analysis | US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo and Defense secretary Jim Mattis will travel to India in September for high-level talks with Indian...
‘Generation Wealth’ and the corruption of the American Dream
AFP | Award-winning photographer and filmmaker Lauren Greenfield have spent a quarter-century traveling the world to chronicle excessive consumerism in all its forms and the elusive...