Fake news strikes again: Mob kill 5 in India

News Analysis | Wild rumors on social media about interstate gangs of child lifters and kidnappers has created such a panic in the two Telugu...

Pakistan to abandon ‘smart watches’ after ICC probe

AFP | Pakistan will give up wearing 'smartwatches' after being told to ditch them by the International Cricket Council as an anti-corruption measure during the...

A nobel prize for death to trump

Jacob G Hornberger | Trumpsters are hoping that President Trump is able to enter into a peace treaty with North Korea that brings an end...

IT Minister sheds light on industry performance

News Analysis | One of the fastest growing industries in Pakistan, the Information Technology (IT) sector, has expanded its export market to over one hundred...

FATA-KP merger marks historic day for people of FATA

News Analysis | 24th May 2018 marks a historic day as the National Assembly of Pakistan passed the long-awaited constitutional amendment to merge the Federally...

North Korea still open to US talks despite Trump summit cancellation

AFP | North Korea said Friday it was still willing to talk to the United States after President Donald Trump abruptly cancelled a summit between the...

Government aims to provide basic facilities to FATA

News Analysis | Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, while addressing a tribal gathering at Jamrud, sub-division of the Khyber Agency, said that provision of...

China, Russia rise in C. Africa as Western influence shrinks

AFP | Russia and China are muscling their way into the Central African Republic as Western clout in the mineral-rich, strategically important nation seems to...

Guantanamo geriatrics? Detainee population quietly ages

AFP | They arrived at Guantanamo Bay as young men, captured on the battlefields of Afghanistan and elsewhere early in America's war on terror, following...

Baked goods and Wi-Fi bring Everest closer to home

AFP | Wi-Fi, baked goods and trendy coffee: gone are the days of deprivation at Everest base camp, with hipster perks and modern conveniences ensuring...

UK mother jailed for duping daughter into forced marriage abroad

AFP | A mother who duped her daughter into travelling to Pakistan to enter a forced marriage was sentenced on Wednesday to four-and-a-half years in...

Trump can’t block his critics on Twitter, judge rules

AFP | President Donald Trump cannot legally block Twitter users who disagree with him, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in a case with potentially far-reaching...