Papua New Guinea mulls ‘temporary’ ban on Facebook

AFP | Papua New Guinea said Wednesday it was mulling a temporary shutdown of Facebook to uncover false accounts and block fake news in the...

Pakistan Cement Industry set to boost capacity with new projects

News Desk | The eight brownfield cement projects with a total capacity of 18.8Mta are at various stages of completion and scheduled to be commissioned...

PM Abbasi asks for a national dialogue on civil-military relations

News Analysis | The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has successfully completed its tenure of five years despite all political and economic challenges the party had...

The Hardest Hard Power

Aisha Saeed | The term ‘power’ in international relations has various interpretations but remains a vital part of the subject throughout. Power is one of...

Afghan forces mistakenly kill civilians, their credibility under question

News Analysis | Afghan security forces carried out an operation in the eastern Nangarhar province which resulted in the death of 9 people and wounding...

Pakistan crosses 150 million mobile subscribers milestone

News Desk | Pakistan ended April with 150.1 million mobile subscribers, up from 144.53 million in December 2017, according to a report from the Pakistan...

Trump, Abe say ‘imperative’ to dismantle N. Korean weapons

AFP | President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed Monday that it is "imperative" to completely dismantle North Korea's nuclear weapons and...

India to ignore US sanctions on Iran, Venezuela: minister

AFP | India will keep trading with Iran and Venezuela despite the threat of fallout from US sanctions against the two countries, Foreign Minister Sushma...

Pakistan military says ex-spy chief will not be allowed to leave country

AFP | Pakistan's military Monday took the unprecedented step of preventing a former spy chief from leaving the country, after he ignited a storm by...

Two killed in Kashmir militant attack on Indian army camp

AFP | Two people have died in a shootout in the disputed territory of Indian Kashmir, officials said Monday, the first attacks since the army...

Mistaken as child kidnapper, transgender lynched to death by Hyderabad mob

News Analysis | An Indian transgender has been beaten to death over rumors on the social media sphere that the person was the member of...

Artificial Intelligence better at finding skin cancer than doctors: study

AFP | A computer was better than human dermatologists at detecting skin cancer in a study that pitted human against the machine in the quest...