US Midwest gripped by bitterly cold temperatures but relief ahead

AFP | Brutally cold temperatures gripped the US Midwest on Thursday, freezing water mains, causing power outages, canceling flights and straining natural gas supplies. Tens...

Almost half of Americans have heart disease: study

AFP | Almost half of Americans have heart disease, a significant increase over prior years largely because of a newly expanded definition of high blood...

A wall ‘is a WALL!’: Trump

AFP | US President Donald Trump's frustration over his campaign to fence off the US-Mexican border spilt into linguistic territory Thursday when the president declared...

Facebook: From Harvard dorm to global phenomenon

AFP | Key dates in the history of Facebook, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary in February: 2004 JANUARY: Mark Zuckerberg, a 19-year-old computer whiz at Harvard...

Pakistan rejects US threat assessment report’s allegations

News Desk | Rejecting the allegations leveled by the US in its threat assessment report, foreign office spokesperson has said that such controversial statements will...

Brazil dam disaster: mourning and dead fish along river of mud

AFP | Five days after a dam collapse at a Brazilian mine, residents were mourning Wednesday the nearly 360 people killed and missing -- as...

US blame game: Intel report point finger at Pakistan

News Analysis | Presenting its report to a US Senate committee, Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats has said that Pakistan is playing a double...

Venezuelans fear fuel shortages after US oil sanctions

AFP | United States sanctions aimed at pressuring Nicolas Maduro to capitulate in his power struggle with self-proclaimed acting-president Juan Guaido have Venezuelans fearing they...

Support for US Iran policy out of left field: China dramatically reduces trade with Tehran – Dr James M Dorsey

Dr James M Dorsey | China has dramatically reduced its trade with Iran in line with US sanctions, raising questions whether Iran will remain committed to...

Dangerous arctic chill sweeps over US Midwest

AFP | The polar vortex is here tens of millions of people in the United States braced Tuesday for a deep arctic chill, which authorities...

Trust Trump’s money for Facebook with earnings due

AFP | Winning back trust is seen as the key priority for Facebook as the world's biggest social network readies its update on the final...

US-Afghan peace talks: Long way to go before ‘drafted agreement’

News Analysis | New York Times has reported that both the United States of America and the Taliban, parties to the ongoing dialogue vis-à-vis Afghanistan,...