Trump announces ‘heaviest ever’ sanctions on North Korea
AFP | US President Donald Trump has rolled out fresh sanctions against North Korea-linked shipping assets, hailing the package as the "heaviest sanctions ever" levied...
US & China fighting over a nuclear football?
AFP | The US Secret Service denied Monday reports that one of its agents and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly wrestled with Chinese...
Russia adopting US tactics from Afghanistan in Syria?
AFP | The death of Russian citizens in Syria from a US coalition strike last week, which has been played down by both Moscow and...
Pakistan still going easy on militants, alleges US intel chief
News Analysis | On February 15, 2018, seventeen US intelligence agencies including Central Intelligence Agency, Defence Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation and National Security...
17 killed in Florida school shooting by former student: sheriff
AFP | Authorities in Florida could offer no explanation Wednesday night as to why a former student armed with an AR-15 rifle opened fire at...
Trump’s military-centered strategies undermines every opportunity of peace-building in Afghanistan
Hidayatullah Sherzad | Following a wave of late barbaric and heinous attacks claimed by the Taliban in Afghanistan, US President Donald Trump made it clear...
Trump and Modi discuss South Asian politics over phone call
News Desk | On 8th February 2018, the White House reported that the leaders of the world’s two largest democracies Trump and Modi discussed the...
US drone strikes continue despite NA Speaker saying Pak-US relations have improved
News Analysis | On February 8th 2018, Pakistan’s National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq chairing an in-camera meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security stated...
US suspends economic aid to Pakistan
News Analysis | On February 6, 2018 the US House of Representatives joined the Senate to end economic aid to Pakistan through a bill which...
Kabul & Washington: On same wavelength
Mujib Abid | The brutality of the Afghan war, while consistently downplayed – in civilian casualty reports, disputed territory, vulnerability of Kabul government, among other...
How the US destroyed Afghanistan
Jacob G Hornberger | Imagine a suicide bomber blowing himself up in New York City and killing 95 people. It would be big news on...
Trump signs order to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open
AFP | US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday he would keep Guantanamo Bay open, breaking from his predecessor Barack Obama's lengthy and ultimately failed efforts...