Guns and roses: Afghan farmers enjoy sweet smell of success

AFP | Standing in a field of roses in eastern Afghanistan, former poppy grower Mohammad Din Sapai quickly but carefully plucks the delicate petals that...

Jibran Nasir’s life under threat: HRCP

News Analysis | The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed grave concerns at the escalating threat to independent candidate Jibran Nasir in Karachi. In...

Nine shot in downtown Toronto, gunman dead: police

AFP | A gunman opened fire in central Toronto on Sunday night, injuring nine people including a child before being shot dead, police reported. Toronto Police...

Nawaz on verge of playing ‘beemari card’

News Analysis | According to sources, jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is facing a serious health scare in Rawalpindi's Adiala jail. According to the...

Terrorists attack D.I Khan: Ikramullah Gandapur of PTI martyred

News Analysis | Terror amidst the peak of 2018 General elections kills another political candidate just three days before the big day. Ikramullah Gandapur, Pakistan...

“What will happen on Election Day? What surveys tell?”

Khawaja Akbar | On July 25, the people of Pakistan will go to the polls for the third time in just over a decade, ensuring...

US-Russia-China triangle in flux, again

M K Bhadrakumar | In a conversation with the Financial Times last week, Henry Kissinger made a highly significant remark about President Donald Trump’s attempt...

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...

Turkey says it has new evidence against Gulen which could help in extradition

News Analysis | Turkish Minister of Justice said that new evidence has been discovered which shows that U.S based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen was directly...