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...
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,...
Indonesia quake toll jumps to 164, survivors wait for aid
AFP | The devastating earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok was "exceptionally destructive" and wiped out entire villages in the worst-hit regions, relief agencies...