Three dead in Spain as Europe wilts under record heatwave

AFP | Three men have died from heatstroke in Spain as Europe sweltered in a record heatwave Friday, with temperatures hitting a scorching 45 degrees...

Tajikistan refutes IS claim of “terror attack” that killed 4 tourists

AFP | Authoritarian Tajikistan has called for the first time an incident that left four foreign cyclists dead in the Central Asian country a "terror...

12 schools attacked in one night in northern Pakistan

AFP | Twelve schools were attacked overnight by unknown assailants in Pakistan's northern Gilgit Baltistan region, raising fears of increasing extremism in a relatively peaceful...

What happens if Syrian troops attack Idlib?

AFP | After recapturing most of Syria, President Bashar al-Assad is threatening to march on opposition forces in Idlib, the densely populated northwest province that...

Imran and the IMF: Pakistan’s bailout dilemma

AFP | Once Pakistan's election winner Imran Khan forms a government, there will be little time to bask in his triumph: the country's next prime...

Big power competition in the Eastern Mediterranean: Is Trump missing the point?

James M. Dorsey | A Trump administration decision to sanction two key Turkish officials in retaliation for the continued detention of an American cleric coupled...

MQM-P, a difficult ally, decides to back the PTI-led government in the Center

News Analysis | The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) and the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) finally reached an agreement on Friday 3rd August. The former has agreed...

North Korea gets illegal oil, enlists Syria arms broker: UN report

AFP | North Korea has resorted to a "massive increase" of illegal ship-to-ship transfers of oil products at sea to evade UN sanctions and enlisted...

The Despicable American Media Coverage of Pakistan Elections

Sher Ali Tareen | The American mainstream media boasts a voracious appetite for caricaturing, simplifying, and neatly categorizing non-Western people and life, especially when it...

The deep state’s long enmity toward Iranians

Jacob G. Hornberger | The U.S. deep state’s hatred of the Iranian people goes back a long way, at least as far back as 1953....

India’s national register of citizens: Challenge to South Asian Identity?

Subhajit Naskar | The illusion of South Asian identity is equipped by discord among the community interests. Subsequently, Religious dogmatism helped identity consolidation which negates...

Trump threatens Turkey with sanctions: Moscow hopes he is serious!

M K Bhadrakumar | The frequency with which US President Donald Trump holds out threats to other countries is such that he is no longer...