The 2016 election season in the United States may be getting hotter with each passing day but sweltering summer in several parts of the world is into an unprecedented streak of high temperatures, raising alarm for...

Positions espoused by presidential candidates on immigration issues and rhetoric on inclusion or exclusion of communities are among top concerns shaping opinions of Asian Americans in the unusually divisive 2016 election year. A survey released by Asian Americans Advancing...

As people in developing countries fume over Panama Papers revelations about corruption of their venal elites, a new research paper has said the cost of corruption is wide-ranging, diminishing prospects of economic growth and advancement of societies....

Secretary of State John Kerry has said Mullah Mansour, the Afghan Taliban leader – who was targeted in Pakistan-Afghanistan border region with a precision US airstrike on Saturday – directly opposed reconciliation efforts, and that the action demonstrates...

The United States promises tremendous opportunities for growth of American Muslims despite recent election rhetoric on part of some candidates as Muslims are a well-integrated community in the country’s fabric, says prominent entrepreneur Frank Islam. “In spite...

Digging deep into the history of pre-Indus Valley civilization and its people along cultural and linguistic lines, a scholar has concluded that Pakistani land is heir to the most ancient civilization known to humankind. Naeem Tahir,...

House Speaker Paul Ryan Thursday said he had an encouraging meeting with Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump toward unifying the fractured conservatives but stopped short of endorsing the businessman who has emerged victorious from deeply polarizing...

In the wake of Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump’s threat to ban Muslim immigration, a group of House Democrats introduced legislation on Wednesday to restrict the United States from stopping someone’s entry into the country on...

In hard-hitting remarks during a podcast interview, Jon Stewart ripped apart Donald Trump’s temperament, criticized Hillary Clinton’s lack of clarity, even as he took on the media for what he termed as its focus on “wrong things.” The former host of The...

House Speaker Paul Ryan, the highest elected Republican official, expressed doubts about leadership of presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump Friday, when de declined to back the billionaire businessman and sought efforts to unify the fractured party. “I’m just not ready to do...