PM Khan mistakenly attributes Indian Poet’s quote to Kahlil Gibran
News Desk | Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan wrongly attributed a famous quote of Indian poet, Rabindranath Tagore, to Lebanese-American poet Kahlil Gibran. Yesterday, PM Khan...
Iran in 2019: A SWOT Analysis
Abdul Rasool Syed | The Strengths One of Iran’s key strengths is its geography.  It is ideally located between Middle East and Central Asia, with access...
New Zealand mosque attacks: Government starts gun buyback scheme
AFP| New Zealand opened a gun buyback scheme Thursday aimed at ridding the country of semi-automatic weapons similar to those used in the Christchurch mosque...
Pak-Iraq intensify defence cooperation & security assistance
News Desk | On Wednesday, Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa extended security assistant and defence cooperation to Iraq. In a meeting with Iraq’s...
US trying to lobby in Middle East against Iran
Anadolu | The State Department's top official for Iran will travel to the Middle East this week to meet with key allies, the agency said. Brian...
Pressure builds with more protests in Hong Kong, but what’s the end game?
Caitlin Byrne | The latest protests in Hong Kong on Sunday, which organisers said brought some 2 million people to the streets, represented yet another striking show...
China’s Belt and Road Initiative will change 32m lives: World Bank
News Desk | World Bank has said that China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) can lift 32 million people out of poverty if fully implemented. In...
Justice for Sudan: International Criminal Court steps in
Anadolu | The International Criminal Court (ICC) urged Sudan on Wednesday to hand over former leader Omar al-Bashir to stand trial for mass killings in...
South Africa should learn from Brazil about how to tackle ‘hidden hunger’
Brittany Kesselman | South Africa faces a double burden of hunger and malnutrition, on the one hand, and obesity with associated non-communicable diseases (NCDs), on the other....
Gulf of Oman attacks: how merchant ships can keep safe in dangerous water
Robert McCabe | The latest attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman have once again highlighted the vulnerability of merchant ships crossing...
Khashoggi’s fiancee calls out Trump for cover up
Anadolu | The US must act decisively to not only achieve justice for slain Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but to rein in Saudi Arabia's...
Himalayan glaciers melting at alarming rate: study
AFP| Himalayan glaciers are melting twice as fast now as they were before the turn of the century, according to a new study that relied...