Hong Kong disqualifications, arrests deepen purge fears
Leading Hong Kong democracy campaigners were disqualified Thursday from upcoming elections after four student activists were arrested for social media posts, sparking warnings of...
Will the South-Asian Diaspora vote for Trump?
'Adversities make strange bedfellows' goes an English saying. India and Pakistan have persisted with an antagonistic demeanour for each other since their inception. However,...
Pompeo warns of UN sanctions if Iran arms ban ends
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday gave his clearest indication yet that the United States would seek to force UN sanctions on Iran...
New UK quarantine rules shake up summer travel plans
The Lunt family from Bath, in western England, had planned to visit Spain this summer but like so many British holidaymakers have had their...
US demands prosecution over citizen killed in Pakistan court
The United States on Thursday demanded action over the killing of a US citizen inside a Pakistani court as he faced blasphemy charges, saying...
Virus rules leave Bollywood’s low-paid army stricken
India's coronavirus lockdown made little difference to Bollywood superstars but for the industry's vast army of low-paid, unskilled workers it meant unemployment, hunger and...
Even after 30 years, ghosts of Saddam’s invasion haunt affectees
Thirty years have passed since Iraqi tyrant Saddam Hussein invaded neighbouring Kuwait, but despite hints of a diplomatic rapprochement, people in both countries say...
Australian academic jailed in Iran pleads for help
Friends of a British-Australian academic taken prisoner by Iran on spying charges launched a public campaign to win her freedom Thursday, saying that Australia's...
NASA’s life-seeking rover “Perseverance” set for Mars
NASA's latest Mars rover Perseverance launches Thursday on an astrobiology mission to look for signs of ancient microbial life -- and to fly a...
Trump threatens to call federal forces to Portland
President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday agreed to a deal to defuse weeks of clashes in the US city of Portland with the withdrawal...
Samsung reports higher profits, defying global pandemic
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics defied the coronavirus to report higher net profits in the second quarter Thursday, with strong demand for memory chips...
Turkish actress Esra Bilgic new face of Pakistani mobile company Jazz
Pakistan’s leading telecommunication network, Mobilink Jazz 4G, has hired Halime Sultan from Ertugrul - Esra Bilgic - as its brand ambassador. The telecommunication brand...