‘El Chapo’ leaves a void in his Mexican hometown
AFP | The downfall of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has done little to diminish his drug cartel's power, but locals say it has had a...
Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ convicted by NY jury
AFP | Mexican mobster Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was convicted Tuesday of crimes spanning a quarter-century in a trial that laid bare his lavish lifestyle...
Acting Pentagon chief makes surprise Baghdad visit
AFP | Acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan made an unannounced visit to the Iraqi capital on Tuesday for talks on the sensitive issue of a continued...
By 2080, Washington D.C. climate may feel like Deep South
AFP | In a single generation, climate patterns will shift hundreds of kilometres in the United States, according to a study tracking the northward drift...
IBM says AI debate loss is still a win
AFP | IBM conceded Tuesday its artificial intelligence-powered Project Debater lost a competition to a human debate champion but said the experience was an important...
Trump pushes US-Mexico wall plan, Congress nears deal
AFP | President Donald Trump pushed his politically explosive crusade to wall off the Mexican border at a rally in the frontier city of El...
US: Ending war not hypocrisy
Imran Jan | Peace, they say, is basically a period after the war for the preparation of next war. Let us not imagine the next...
Samsung reaches settlement over ´exploding´ washing machines
AFP | Samsung Electronics has reached a settlement in a class-action lawsuit over 2.8 million "exploding" washing machines recalled in the US, the South Korean...
US Muslim lawmaker’s tweet sparks anti-Semitism charges
AFP | Ilhan Omar, one of the first two Muslim women in the US Congress, drew stern rebukes from Republicans and fellow Democrats Monday after...
Boycotts, Divestments & Sanctions are an American tradition..! – Leigh Anne Treistman
Leigh Anne Treistman | Recent debates in the United States have centered around the BDS (Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions, a movement against Israel) movement and...
Racism and redemption: Virginia blackface row stirs painful past
AFP | Can a politician be forgiven for racist behavior from the past? What if that behavior evoked the darkest chapters of American history, from...
Zalmay Khalilzad lauds Pakistan’s efforts in Afghan peace process
News Analysis | Afghan-born U.S diplomate and special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, while talking at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), has lauded the role...