Taliban claims deadly car bomb attack in Kabul
AFP | A suicide attacker blew up a bomb-laden vehicle in Kabul on Saturday, killing at least two civilians and wounding several others, an Afghan...
The Syrian quagmire: Bloody war continues
AFP | Syrian civilians in the last rebel-held pockets of besieged Eastern Ghouta have been urged to flee as Russia-backed regime forces storm into the...
Polish Ice Warriors tell of defeat by Pakistan’s Savage Mountain
AFP | Pummelled by weeks of hurricane-force blizzards and sub-zero temperatures -- not to mention high-altitude disputes -- the elite climbers known as Poland's Ice...
Top officials scramble to make Trump-Kim summit a reality
AFP | Senior officials staged a flurry of calls and top-level meetings on Friday as they scrambled to make a proposed nuclear summit between US...
Plight of rice exporters: Pakistan needs a new bank that deals in regional currencies
News Analysis | Pakistan is an agriculture based economy since the majority of the population is, directly or indirectly, employed in the agricultural industry. It...
‘Punish a Muslim Day’ pamphlets distributed throughout UK
News Analysis | A letter encouraging indiscriminate attacks and abuse against Muslims was circulated across various cities in the United Kingdom. Citizens in London, in...
Philippines tells UN it will quit ICC
AFP | The Philippines said on Friday it had given official notice to exit the treaty that created the International Criminal Court, which is examining...
Japan’s isolated older ‘hikikomori’ shun society for years
AFP | Ikeida leaves the house once every three days to buy food, shuns deliveries to avoid human interaction and has not seen his parents...
The Cold War between Iran and Saudi Arabia
AFP | Relations between Middle East heavyweights Iran and Saudi Arabia have been fraught for decades as they spar over regional influence and religion. Each...
How to spot a liar within seconds
Brian Lee | Lying is pretty high up on the list of negative traits. No one likes to find out they’ve been deceived, yet it’s...
New sanctions on Russia for ‘election hacking’
News Desk | The US has slapped new sanctions on Russia. The move is justified in Washington as retaliation against what the United States says...
The truth about torture: CIA chief can’t lead without facing her past
News Analysis |Â In a surprising move, Donald Trump changed his secretary of state this week. Rex Tillerson was replaced by the Mike Pompeo, who...