Iftikhar Ali
Iftikhar Ali is a veteran Pakistani journalist, former president of UN Correspondents Association, and a recipient of the Pride of Performance civil award-
DACA
Trump says working on DACA plan as Democrats push deal and Right criticizes
Photo: Screenshot/Official Transition 2017 YouTube channel President Donald Trump, who met with top Congressional Democrats Wednesday evening, has said his administration is working on a legislative plan for DACA, expressing his support for beneficiaries of the... -
Myanmar
UN Security Council to hold urgent meeting amid Myanmar’s persecution of Rohingyas
Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar persecution pour into Bangldesh Photo: Saikat Biswas/UN Migration Agency Britain and Sweden have requested an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council against the backdrop of a growing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar,... -
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton says done with being a candidate
Hillary Clinton speaking on Capitol Hill, December 2016, Photo : Screenshot/NBC News Hillary Clinton, who lost the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump, says she will not run for president again although she is “not done... -
American Muslims
Protests in Washington D.C. against Myanmar’s persecution of Rohingyas
Back-to-back protest demonstrations outside Myanmar’s embassy in Washington D.C. this week urged the United States to stop massacre of the Rohingya community, which the UN and human rights bodies say face state persecution. On Friday, Americans... -
North Korea
After North Korean nuclear test, Trump says appeasement will not work
Image of North Korea’s ICBM missile test on July 4, 2017 Photo: Screenshot/CNN-KCTV Reacting to North Korea’s nuclear test on Sunday, President Donald Trump said Pyongyang’s actions pose a danger to the United States and that... -
Japan
UN condemns North Korean missile launch over Japan
The Security Council has strongly condemned the latest ballistic missile launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), which flew over Japan, as well as the series of launches that took place last week. The... -
US-India Relations
Trump asks Pakistan to support US strategy for Afghanistan
Featured Image: File photo, Screenshot/ABC News President Donald Trump on Monday said the U.S. forces will go after terrorists in Afghanistan and asked neighboring Pakistan to stop giving refuge to forces of chaos and terror and... -
Charlottesville
Charlottesville violence: White House says President Trump condemns white supremacists
The White House on Sunday said President Donald Trump condemns all forms of violence and bigotry including white supremacists and Neo-Nazis, who have been accused of perpetrating of violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. The statement came in... -
Storyline
War devastation, uncertain future weigh heavily on displaced Syrians
The war in Syria may have abated a little bit but it has certainly not ended. For millions of Syrians displaced internally or made refugees on foreign lands, the suffering continues. Torn between uncertainty and the... -
American Muslims
Governor Dayton, faith leaders express support for Muslims after mosque attack
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton condemned this weekend’s bomb attack on a Bloomington mosque as “act of terrorism” as officials and interfaith leaders expressed their support for the scared Muslim community. Dayton also termed the attack that...