Interior ministry puts ex-spymaster Durrani’s name on Exit Control List

News Analysis | The interior ministry on Tuesday placed the name of embattled former director general (DG) Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), retired Lt Gen Asad Durrani, on Exit Control...

Murder of anti-Kremlin war reporter shocks Russians

AFP | Russia's embattled liberal community was reeling Wednesday from the murder of fiercely anti-Kremlin journalist Arkady Babchenko who was gunned down in Ukraine after...

Saudi Arabia seeks to criminalise sexual harassment

AFP | Saudi Arabia is preparing to outlaw sexual harassment, officials said Tuesday, less than a month before the conservative kingdom lifts its decades-long ban...

School shooter video game draws criticism

AFP | An upcoming video game that lets players simulate a school shooting is coming in for criticism from parents of shooting victims and from...

Police clear biggest migrant camp in Paris

AFP | Security forces moved in on the biggest migrant camp in the French capital on Wednesday where some 1,700 people lived in makeshift tents...

MH370 hunt may resume if new evidence found: Malaysian PM

AFP | The hunt for Flight MH370 may resume if new evidence comes to light, Malaysia's prime minister said Wednesday, as a private search for...

Kuwait at UN seeks backing for Palestinian protection

AFP | Kuwait on Tuesday circulated a watered-down draft UN Security Council resolution on setting up an international protection mission for the Palestinians in a...

Israel says struck 25 more Hamas targets after rocket and mortar fire

AFP | Israel said Wednesday it had struck 25 more Hamas "military targets" in air raids in the Gaza Strip overnight in response to rocket...

A telephone call from Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kayani

Syed Haider Raza Mehdi | A few hours ago I received a call from Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, former Army Chief with reference to my...

COAS urge Afghanistan to join hands to beat the common enemy

News Analysis | Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa acknowledged that Pakistan and Afghanistan have suffered heavily due to prolonged conflict and...

Chelsea owner Abramovich becomes Israeli citizen: report

AFP | Russian Jewish billionaire and Chelsea football club owner Roman Abramovich arrived in Israel on Monday after receiving citizenship of the Jewish state, local...

Palestinian killed in Israel strike in north Gaza: ministry

AFP | A Palestinian was killed by Israeli tank fire into northern Gaza on Monday, the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave said. It named...