Iran’s good relations with Pakistan and India stops the US from blackmailing the region
Adam Garrie | India-Pakistan relations have become notably unhealthy in the age of Premier Narendra Modi, however, both countries continue to share something which separates...
“Deeply Sorry”: Japanese railway authority apologises after train leaves 20 seconds early
AFP | A Japanese railway operator has issued a deep apology for the "tremendous nuisance" caused by a train departing 20 seconds early, surprising even...
Qatar claims Saudi involvement in Lebanon similar to Gulf Crisis
AFP | Qatar's foreign minister on Friday compared Saudi Arabia's political maneuvers in Lebanon to its boycott of his country and accused Riyadh of a...
US Congress authorizes defense budget bigger than Trump’s request
Washington| AFP | The US Congress on Thursday overwhelmingly authorized $700 billion in national defense spending for next year, a substantial increase over Donald Trump's...
30% increase in US Troops to Afghanistan
AFP with additional desk reporting | Approximately 3,000 additional American troops have now been deployed to Afghanistan under President Donald Trump's revised strategy for the...
57% of Americans think US should mind its own business on Foreign Policy: US government not listening?
Jacob G. Hornberger | One of the burning issues of our time is the role of the U.S. government in foreign affairs: Should the United...
People from Amish community live 10 years longer
AFP | Scientists have found a genetic mutation in the Amish people of the midwestern United States that appears to make them live 10 years...
The suave, the well-dressed and the eloquent!
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | While reading one of the seminal works of the doyen of the US strategic community, Henry Kissinger, I thought about...
Russia might rescue Venezuela from a disastrous default
Andrew Korybko | The Bolivarian Republic has been on the economic brink for years due to a combination of the US’ Hybrid War on Venezuela...
Why Pakistan’s electoral system needs overhauling?
Ikram Sehgal | The Magna Carta, or the “Charter of Liberties”, limiting the King's power and strengthening the rights of nobles was signed by King...
Philippines to Singapore: Passing the baton of ASEAN chairmanship and challenges of regional cooperation
Jumel G. Estrañero | ASEAN has a new chairman after Philippines’s yearlong leadership – Singapore. ASEAN is getting there with systemic challenges underneath but...
Ahmadi community in Pakistan becoming election scapegoats
Reuters | Crammed into buses and mini-vans, more than 10,000 Pakistanis traveled to a mosque on the outskirts of the small Punjabi town of Rabwah,...