The Reko Diq Conundrum and lawfare against Pakistan

Opinion | On July 12 2019, the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), a subsidiary of the World Bank, announced a penalty of...

Algorithms used by US hospitals are rigged against blacks

Computer algorithms are used across thousands of hospitals in the United States to identify patients most at risk in order to provide them with...

BBC’s relevance at risk as Youngsters turn away

Britain's venerable BBC may lose its relevance if it fails to engage a younger audience in the social media age, the UK broadcasting regulator...

‘Joker’ steps in New York are now a hot tourist attraction

Tourists are flocking to a flight of stairs in the Bronx area of New York that Joaquin Phoenix dances down in an iconic but...

Russian Circus Bear Mauls Trainer as Audience flees in horror

Russian circus goers were in for a frightening surprise when a trained brown bear turned on its handler, briefly mauling the coach and pinning...

Thailand’s largest company CP Group signs $7.4 bn rail deal

A consortium led by Thailand's largest conglomerate CP Group on Thursday signed a $7.4 billion deal to build a high-speed railway connecting three airports,...

Yesterday’s news: Trump cancels Times, Post

President Donald Trump doesn't like what he reads in two of America's biggest newspapers, The New York Times and Washington Post -- so he...

US advises patience on Afghan election results

The United States called Thursday for restraint as Afghans wait for election results, accepting the need for a delay to ensure a fair count. Alice...

Impeachment horror plunges US into early Halloween

The calendar says Halloween is still a week away, but impeachment is delivering the horror show early to Washington. A city renowned for elegant,...

The Iron Curtain: How an ideological barrier became a physical border

The Iron Curtain was an ideological and physical separation of communist Eastern Europe from the West following World War II. The Name The term "iron curtain"...

Iraq heading to protests again, will stability ever come?

After decades of instability, Iraq seemed to be catching a break: jihadists were defeated, violence plummeted, checkpoints were removed. Buoyed by hope, Umm Zeina...

Headmaster fired in India for making students recite Allama Iqbal’s poem

A school headmaster in India was suspended after he was found making his students recite Allama Iqbal's poem during morning prayer. A school headmaster, Furqan...