The “New” Saudi Arabia! – Haider Raza Mehdi

Syed Haider Raza Mehdi | Recently we saw an assertive Saudi Arabia slam Canada with a volley of diplomatic and economic punches which left Canada...

22 children dead in Nile boat accident in Sudan

AFP | At least 22 children drowned on their way to school when their boat capsized in swollen waters of the Nile river north of...

US defense chief woos Brazil as Chinese influence grows

AFP | US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis urged closer strategic ties with Brazil on Tuesday in what appeared to be part of a concerted pushback...

A year on, suspicion and silence in Spain jihadists’ hometown

AFP | Suspicion, incomprehension and a thick silence reign in the mountainous town of Ripoll a year after jihadist attacks in Catalonia. The town in northeastern...

Mali opposition leader rejects results as counting underway

AFP | Malian opposition candidate Soumaila Cisse said on Monday he would reject the results of a presidential runoff marred by accusations of fraud, violence,...

What does the future hold for Muslim Uighurs of China?

Simran Shoaib | Dispersed all around the world, millions of Muslims undergo terrible atrocities on account of their religion. Following 9/11 the universal image of...

Excerpts from Jinnah-Gandhi letters

News Analysis | On the 71st Independence Day of Pakistan, it is useful that we remind ourselves why there had to be a separate nation...

Catalogue of abuse: seeking justice for the Rohingya

AFP | Cross-legged in a windowless, almost pitch-black bamboo shack, the investigator pressed record on a video camera and asked the young Rohingya woman to...

Five questions on Israel’s controversial Jewish nation law

AFP | Israel's parliament held a special session on Wednesday to debate a controversial law passed last month declaring the country the nation-state of the...

Firefighters make progress in California but weather not promising

AFP | Thousands of firefighters, backed by US troops and crews from as far away as Australia and New Zealand, made progress Wednesday in their battle...

Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia claimed over 400 lives

AFP | The day that Soviet-led armies rolled into communist Czechoslovakia to put an end to a pro-democracy movement changed Milan Tesar's life. "I saw...

Palestinian-American positioned to be first Muslim woman in US Congress

AFP | Rashida Tlaib, a mother of two and daughter of Palestinian immigrants once detained for disrupting a Donald Trump speech, made history on Wednesday,...
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