Mob Justice: Woman lynched in Tamil Nadu

News Analysis | A 65-year-old woman was lynched by a mob in southern India who believed that she was a child trafficker, police said on...

Russian Facebook ‘ads’ show strong effort to divide US society

AFP | Thousands of Facebook and Instagram advertisements taken out by a Russian internet group were released Thursday in a database that illustrates how a...

Female ban during Nigerian festival causes uproar

AFP | An order from a Nigerian traditional ruler forbidding women from being in public during a festival this week has sparked a lively debate...

Crimes on women: Third girl burned and raped in India

News Analysis | A teenage girl has been raped and burned alive in India, in the third such attack in a week in the country....

Australian Scientist commits assisted suicide in Switzerland

AFP | A 104-year-old Australian scientist on Thursday committed assisted suicide in Switzerland where he went to die after his home country denied him the...

PM Abbasi-the owner of Airblue-summoned by SC in pilots’ fake degrees case

News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan has summoned heads of all Pakistani airlines as well as Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi--the head of Airblue-...

Witch-hunt or a blunder?

Waqas Shabbir | After the Supreme Court beleaguered Nawaz, he is at loggerheads with the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). Despite Chairman NAB’s assurance that the...

Israel-Iran flare-up raises spectre of major confrontation

AFP | Deadly strikes by Israel against alleged Iranian sites in Syria have raised fears of a dramatic escalation in the regional conflict, but the...

The challenge of space gardening: One giant ‘leaf’ for mankind

AFP | It's not easy having a green thumb in space. Without gravity, seeds can float away. Water doesn't pour, but globs up and may...

Strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake rocks Afghanistan

AFP | A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake rocked northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, creating tremors felt as far away as Pakistan's capital...

New violence hits Kashmir as death of tourist condemned

AFP | Hundreds of protesters clashed Tuesday with Indian forces on the third day of deadly troubles in Kashmir as the disputed Himalayan territory reeled...

Man accused of shooting interior minister appears in Pakistan court

AFP | A man accused of shooting Pakistan's interior minister in a suspected assassination attempt possibly linked to blasphemy appeared in court Monday, with the...