North Korea calls UN chief ‘henchman’ of the US
AFP | North Korea on Thursday accused UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of being a "kind of henchman who is representing the United States" after the...
Dhaka stock exchange approves China bid, rejects India offer
AFP with additional input from News Desk | South Asia’s third-largest bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) had put up a 25% stake for tender as...
Indian misconduct continues to fuel conflict in Kashmir
News Analysis | On February 20, 2018, the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) conducted a seminar on “Crimes against Humanity-Genocides and Ethnic Cleansing” in...
Japan and UNDP launch $3.9 million youth empowerment project in Pakistan
News Analysis | On February 19, 2018, Japan’s government and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) have signed an agreement to launch a $3.9 million...
Kashmir’s alarming situation
Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The Indian Army’s endless brutality drove the Kashmiri youth into militancy. Instead of surrendering, the Kashmiris are fiercely struggling for the...
Chinese demands to Malaysia highlight China’s growing challenges!
James M. Dorsey | A Chinese demand for the extradition of 11 Uyghurs from Malaysia puts the spotlight on China’s roll-out of one of the...
The Maldives: a honeymoon haven in peril
AFP | Famed as an upmarket tourist destination of white beaches and turquoise waters, the island nation of the Maldives is troubled by political turmoil...
What role is India playing in the crisis in the Maldives?
James M. Dorsey | The outcome of a power struggle in the Maldives that has sparked declaration of an emergency, military control of parliament, and...
Is Saudi inspired ultra-conservatism leading to worsening Shiite conditions in Malaysia?
James M Dorsey | Allegedly kidnapped, forty-three-year old Malaysian activist Amri Che Mat, a foreign exchange trader and mountain climber, has not been heard of...
Bangladesh: Why Nawaz Sharif has a poor understanding of history
K. Hussan Zia | In his op-ed piece, ‘24 years of exploitation created Bangladesh’ in The Daily Times of 17th January Mr. Babar Ayaz defends Mr. Nawaz Sharif’s claim...
Thai cops nab Pakistani passport forger with IS links
AFP | A Pakistani passport forger whose fakes may have been sold to Islamic State operatives has been arrested in Thailand, police said Friday, ending...
Trump’s outrageous rhetoric may have scared N. Korea to talks
AFP | US President Donald Trump's notoriously threatening rhetoric towards nuclear-armed North Korea -- which has drawn comparisons with Richard Nixon's "madman theory" of diplomacy...