Brunei won’t enforce gay sex death penalty after backlash
AFP | Brunei's sultan has announced death by stoning for gay sex and adultery will not be enforced after a global backlash, but critics Monday...
In Iraq, religious rap meets a chorus of controversy
AFP | As the black-clad rapper spat lyrics into the microphone on stage, the Iraqi boys below beat their chests in mourning. He was, after...
41 dead as Russian plane bursts into flames on landing
AFP | A Russian passenger plane erupted in a huge ball of fire and black smoke after making an emergency landing at Moscow's busiest airport,...
Venezuela: Indigenous people are forgotten victims of crisis
Natalia Garcia Bonet | It appeared to be a confrontation between humanitarianism and military force. In February, the Venezuelan government placed troops along the country’s...
Blacklisting Muslim Brotherhood could radicalise members: analysts
News Desk | Washington is considering blacklisting the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation, but experts warn the move would risk radicalising its members and...
Pakistan needs to increase tax compliance, not new taxes: World Bank
News Desk | The World Bank has said that Pakistan does not need to impose new taxes or increase rates because the existing taxes have...
Huawei: Fears in the West are misplaced and could backfire in the long run
Howard Yu | Western fears of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei infiltrating their technological infrastructure are rooted in fears of China’s rise. Three of the “Five...
Sindh Police increasing digital surveillance on social media
News Desk | SP Suhai Aziz swiftly reacted to a case of a missing 20-year old girl Komal from DHA Karachi. A woman had posted...
For British pensioners in France, Brexit is a health concern
AFP | For John Shaw, a 73-year-old Briton who lives in the heart of wine country in southwest France, the problem raised by Britain's impending...
Trump ups pressure on China ahead of last ditch trade talks
AFP | US President Donald Trump announced Sunday that the United States will raise tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods a blunt warning to...
France Telecom goes on trial over wave of suicides
AFP | A decade after a wave of suicides at France Telecom in which 35 employees took their own lives, the telecoms giant and its...
PM Khan laid the foundation of Al-Qadir University for Sufism
News Desk | Prime Minister Imran Khan had laid the foundation of Al-Qadir University to teach ‘Sufism' in Sohawa. The university, he declared, would create...