Nazis, racists, bigots: Extremism on US ballot in 2018

AFP | Arthur Jones is an avowed Nazi. John Fitzgerald says the Holocaust is a myth. Rick Tyler wants to "make America white again." Extremist candidates...

Will the new government knock on IMF’s door? – Dr. Ashfaque Hasan Khan

There are immediate, short term and then medium to long term challenges. The immediate challenge for the new government is what to do with...

In Italy’s Conte, Trump sees a like-minded European

AFP | US President Donald Trump receives Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Monday, welcoming to the White House a European populist with like-minded views...

This was General Election 2018 and not a general(‘s) selection

Shiffa Yousafzai | NY times said Military’s influence is casting a shadow over Pakistan’s elections, Foreign Affairs asked if democracy is dying in Pakistan, while...

36 women children kidnapped by IS last week in Syria’s Sweida monitor

AFP | The Islamic State group kidnapped dozens of Druze women and children when it attacked their villages last week in Syria's southern province of...

Fighting for justice in South Korea, where truth can be a crime

AFP | As soon as the Seoul office worker told police she had been raped, her attacker struck back with a barrage of complaints against...

Putin says ‘ready to go to Washington’, invites Trump to Moscow

AFP | Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he had invited US leader Donald Trump to visit Moscow and was ready to travel to...

Ahed Tamimi, symbol of Mid East conflict, prepares for freedom

AFP | A Palestinian teenager jailed by Israel for slapping and kicking Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank is to go free on Sunday...

What does Imran Khan’s fight for Kashmir means to Kashmiris?

Murtaza Shibli | Ghulam Nabi Ganai, a 67-year-old retired executive engineer, is elated about Imran Khan’s victory. As I enter his home in Frisal, a...

PTI likely to lead in Punjab Assembly, media reports

News Analysis | Hamza Shahbaz, son of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Shahbaz Sharif, has said on Friday that his party was ready to form a...

Anti Election APC An exercise in futility

News Analysis | Anti Election APC An exercise An All Parties Conference chaired by PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif and JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman, on Friday...

Heatwaves from the Arctic to Japan: A sign of things to come?

AFP | Intense heatwaves like the one which fuelled Greece's deadly wildfires are set to become increasingly frequent around the world due to climate change,...