US general wounded in last week’s Afghan insider attack
AFP | A US general was shot and wounded in a Taliban-claimed attack on a high-level security meeting last week that killed a powerful Afghan...
Russia warns Trump over ‘dangerous’ plan to quit nuclear treaty
AFP | Moscow on Sunday warned US President Donald Trump that his plan to ditch a Cold War-era nuclear weapons treaty with Russia was a...
Trump says US will pull out of nuclear deal with Russia
AFP | President Donald Trump confirmed Saturday that the United States plans to leave a landmark nuclear weapons treaty with Russia over claims Moscow has...
US squeezing Iran: Difficult choices for Pakistan?
Najmuddin A. Shaikh | The EU, France, Germany, China, and Russia; signatories of the JCPOA (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) and the IAEA, which...
US indicts Russian woman for interfering in 2018 election
AFP | The finance chief of Russia's leading troll farm was indicted by the US Justice Department on Friday for interfering with US elections, the...
‘More to do’ is the new ‘do more’
Imran Jan | General Joseph Votel, Commander of the US Central Command, said of Pakistan, “I do acknowledge that they have done a lot in...
Mattis to meet Chinese counterpart amid tensions
AFP | US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis is set to meet his Chinese counterpart Thursday after earlier talks were scrapped amid soaring tensions between the...
Political newcomers jump into US electoral fray
AFP | Hundreds of everyday Americans with zero political experience are jumping into the fray for the mid-term congressional elections in a country that has...
What’s the goal behind the US ‘cleanup operation’ in Saudi Arabia?
AFP | The top American diplomat Mike Pompeo appears visibly satisfied with his mission to Riyadh, dubbing it "incredibly successful." But to what end? So...
Being a Pakistani American
Imran Jan | America is a land of opportunities with some remarkable people. Many Americans I know are very good people and believe in doing...
World economy to jolt if Saudi Arabia retaliates against US
News Analysis | One of the strangest news in the global media is the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, a journalist who worked for the Washington...
US sanctions key Iranian paramilitary force
AFP | The US Treasury Department slapped sanctions Tuesday on an Iranian paramilitary group along with a network of businesses that were providing it financing,...