Malaysian ex-PM Najib charged with money-laundering

AFP |  Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak was hit with new charges Wednesday linked to a multi-billion-dollar financial scandal that contributed to his shock...

Saudi-Canada row leaves US in tight diplomatic spot

AFP | The sharp diplomatic row between Saudi Arabia and Canada has left Washington partners and allies of both in a bind, but the State...

Trump warns world against business with Iran as sanctions return

AFP | US President Donald Trump warned the world Tuesday against doing business with Iran as Washington reimposed "the most biting sanctions ever" on the...

LoC Clashes: 4 Indian soldiers including Major killed in Gurez Sector

News Analysis | Indian media has reported that four soldiers and two suspected rebels have been killed in a gun battle along the highly militarized...

Bangladesh floats death penalty for road deaths in bid to quell protests

AFP | Bangladesh on Monday promised to introduce the death penalty for deliberate road deaths in a bid to quell more than a week of...

Former heavyweight champ Parker in school visit row

AFP | Former heavyweight boxing champion Joseph Parker's latest fight has him embroiled in a row involving sexism and racism with a New Zealand school....

Iraq sentences two Europeans to life for IS membership

AFP | An Iraqi court on Monday sentenced a French man and a German woman to life in prison in the latest punishments handed down...

Imran’s oath taking will be followed by release of Indian fishermen

News Analysis | Islamabad has conveyed to India that it will release 30 Indian fishermen and prisoners on the eve of Imran Khan's oath-taking, which...

Mayhem on the Election Days: How events unfolded on the D-day?

Syed Farooq Mohyud-din | As the Senior Assistant Presiding officer in NA 125 Lahore, I bring forth the affairs of Election Day on 25th July...

Challenge for the New Government; Constraining its Capacity to Finance – Inadequate Human Resources and Institutional Resource Gap for Localizing SDGs in Pakistan

Dr. Kalsoom Sumra | The rising income inequalities, regional disparities and gender inequalities vindicate a longstanding demand by the new government to localize the 2030...

Time to resuscitate the civil services in Pakistan

Bushra Zafar | Civil services, once the Faberge egg of the society, cease to be the choice of talented and creative young people. During the...

More than 2,000 tourists evacuated after Indonesia quake kills 98

AFP | Indonesia Monday sent rescuers fanning out across the holiday island of Lombok and evacuated more than 2,000 tourists after a powerful earthquake killed...