India’s top court acquits Bollywood director of rape
AFP | India's top court on Friday upheld the acquittal of a Bollywood director accused of raping an American research scholar in a case that...
US vs Islamic Radicals: Protagonists deliberately using historical ideologies to clash?
Zahid Mehmood | For the West, Muslims are medieval zealots, while Muslims often see the West as their enemy. These two presumptions have led many...
Thai cops nab Pakistani passport forger with IS links
AFP | A Pakistani passport forger whose fakes may have been sold to Islamic State operatives has been arrested in Thailand, police said Friday, ending...
Chinese county bans school children from mosques
AFP | Authorities in a Muslim-majority county in northwest China have banned schoolchildren from going to mosques during their winter holidays, a state-run daily reported...
Woody Allen isolated over his daughter’s molestation claims
AFP | Woody Allen faced widening isolation Friday over allegations that he molested his daughter more than 25 years ago, after Colin Firth joined the...
US lawmakers aim to tighten terms of Iran nuclear deal
AFP | A bill was introduced in the US House of Representatives on Thursday aimed at tightening the terms of the Iran nuclear deal, despite...
Grisly details as couple deny torturing children
AFP | A California couple pleaded not guilty Thursday to multiple counts of torture as grisly details emerged of how they allegedly kept their 13...
India’s flirtation with the ‘war talk’ has Nuclear war clouds hovering over region
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The Indian civil and military leadership’s irrational war-mongering could have disastrous consequences for the subcontinent in particular, and the South...
Pakistan not interested in war with India
Junaid Ali Malik | The recent statement of Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat is tended towards appeasing the Indian nationalists. BJP hardliners including Modi have...
Police crossfire kills eight-year-old in India
AFP | An eight-year-old boy was shot and killed in police crossfire in northern India, an officer said Thursday. Madhav Bharadwaj was playing with friends...
Trump unveils ‘Fake News Awards’ after drawing rebuke from Republican senator
AFP | Donald Trump unveiled the winners of his much-touted "Fake News Awards" late Wednesday, hours after a maverick senator from the president's own Republican...
Former CIA agent’s arrest follows US spying debacle in China
AFP | The third arrest in one year of a US official suspected of helping Chinese spies has bared the tense battle between the two...