NAB to file reference against Yousuf Raza Gilani over alleged misuse of authority

News Analysis | The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has decided to file a reference against the former Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani. The accountability...

Shah Mehmood Qureshi set to be foreign minister once again

News Analysis | Pakistan’s latest general elections on 25th of July, 2018 have been a first in many ways. Apart from a new party coming...

Kosovo rape survivors battle ‘code of silence’ for recognition

AFP | Raped during Kosovo's war for independence, Zana and thousands of other women are now eligible for financial aid from the government a victory...

Massive corruption scandal rocks Belarus healthcare

AFP | A massive corruption scandal has rocked the health service of ex-Soviet Belarus, leading even officials in the country dubbed "Europe's last dictatorship" to...

France adopts law on asylum, immigration

AFP | France's parliament Wednesday signed into law a controversial asylum and immigration bill -- despite opposition on the left which decried an effort to...

Afghan child bride killed by husband in revenge: officials

AFP | An Afghan child forced to marry a man at least twice her age in a traditional bridal exchange has been tortured to death...

Trump predicts Iran talks pretty soon

AFP | US President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that talks with arch-foe Iran were imminent, despite silence from the Islamic republic's leaders to his offer...

Failure of RTS on Election Day under investigation

News Analysis | The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has launched an investigation straight into the epic failure of Result Transmission System (RTS) on Election...

Former Pakistan PM Sharif moved back to jail

AFP | Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was moved back to prison from the hospital on Tuesday evening after doctors signaled an improvement...

Erdogan Congratulates Imran on his electoral victory

News Desk | The Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan congratulated Imran Khan on Tuesday, through a telephonic conversation, on the success of General Elections 2018, held...

Electricity crisis leaves Iraqis gasping for cool air

AFP | As the stultifying summer heat sends Iraqis in search of cool spots, restaurateur Ali Hussein provides sanctuary even though it means hooking up...

SSP jailed for 10 years in Rs50m embezzlement case

News Analysis | The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) detained a Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) andsentenced him to 10 years of imprisonment. Meanwhile, another police...