Uber hit with harassment suit following policy shift
AFP | Uber was hit with a lawsuit Monday alleging sexual harassment and discrimination against female employees, apparently the first case in court since the...
Texas school gunman ‘confused’: lawyer
AFP | The gunman accused of killing 10 people and wounding 13 at a Texas high school last week was in a state of mental...
Soft Hindutva: Indian Vice President claims ancient Indians invented cataract and plastic surgery
News Analysis | Indian history is replete with those who have significantly advanced human knowledge, with surgeons from ancient India capable of performing complex medical...
Saudi Arabia urged not to turn Iraq into ‘cold war’ front with Iran
AFP | Saudi Arabia should avoid turning Iraq into a "battleground in a cold war" with its regional rival Tehran, the International Crisis Group said...
Syrian Kurd traders suffer from twin tax systems
AFP | Many Kurds in Syria may dream of self-rule, but for business owners in the semi-autonomous region in the country's north, it now comes...
Nawaz Sharif denies ownership of London properties
News Analysis | The ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has outrightly denied ownership of the London properties and told the court that “he had not...
US to impose ‘strongest sanctions in history’ on Iran
AFP | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday warned Tehran would be hit with the "strongest sanctions in history" and cautioned European firms...
Defense cooperation between Pakistan and Italy on the rise
News Analysis | General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Chairman JCS Committee, is on an official visit to Italy called by  General Claudio Graziano, Chief of...
A soldier’s romance with martyrdom
Samson Simon Sharaf | Colonel Sohail Abid Raja our little soldier boy was commissioned in First Sindh Regiment (Fakhar e Sindh). We called him Raja...
Trump-Kim summit in play as Moon visits White House
AFP | Donald Trump holds a high-stakes meeting with South Korea's president at the White House Tuesday, talks that could decide whether the US president's...
Nawaz’s last tactic for survival – Early elections
News Analysis | After consultation with the PML-N leaders Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif at Jati Umra, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will conduct his...
Kashmir: Ramadan break from violence?
Murtaza Shibli | The recent announcement by New Delhi to halt its military operations in Kashmir that seek to kill nominally trained and scantly armed...