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Kashmir killings heighten South Asian tensions on eve of UNGA session
Pakistan and India traded allegations over Kashmir on Sunday, as both countries looked to voice their case on the longstanding dispute at the United Nations General Assembly session in New York next week. Following months of...September 18, 2016 954 0 -
Despite deal, Syrians remain without life-saving assistance
Nearly half a million dead. Cities emptied. Millions pushed out as refugees. Five years of death and destruction rained on the country. Aleppo buckles under siege. Captive people gasping for signs of life. A deal, though...September 16, 2016 853 0 -
Biggest ocean animals may disappear: New study
Oceans are experiencing a disturbing extinction pattern that may wipe out large animals with precarious ramifications for marine ecosystem, warns a new study. “The preferential threat to large-bodied marine animals poses a danger to ecosystems disproportionate...September 16, 2016 912 0 -
UN seeks international probe into Kashmir killings
With New Delhi continuing to thwart international observers’ access to Indian-controlled Kashmir, the United Nations has said the deteriorating situation in the disputed territory now critically warrants establishment of an “independent, impartial and international mission.” The...September 14, 2016 1180 0 -
Museum of African American history, culture primes up for formal opening
Washington’s National Mall has a new enriching structure – combining history, aesthetics and diversity in a unique way that reflects both the American heritage and hopes. After years of work, thoughts and devotion, the Smithsonian National...September 14, 2016 997 0 -
US remembers lives lost on September 11, 2001
Americans remembered victims of 9/11 terrorist attacks Sunday on the 15th anniversary with ceremonies in Washington and New York “We remember, and we will never forget, the nearly 3,000 beautiful lives taken from us so cruelly...September 11, 2016 1280 0 -
Pakistan’s economic and security challenges, 15 years after 9/11 terror attacks
Fifteen years ago when al-Qaeda terrorists flew two passenger planes into the twin towers of World Trade Center, Pakistanis shared the grief with Americans as they watched destruction on TV screens, some 12,000 kilometers away from...September 11, 2016 1412 0 -
Malala Yousafzai urges end to heartbreaking repression in Indian-held Kashmir
Nobel Peace Laureate Malala Yousafzai has appealed to the International community to help halt the inhumanity and heartbreak in India-administered Kashmir. “The Kashmiri people, like people everywhere, deserve their fundamental human rights… They should live free...September 7, 2016 996 0 -
Obama nominates Pakistani American Abid Qureshi to serve as federal judge
In a first for an American Muslim, President Barack Obama has nominated a prominent Pakistani American legal expert Abid Riaz Qureshi to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. “I am...September 7, 2016 29859 2 -
UNESCO Award for Lahore’s Mughal Shahi Hammam
An ornate building in Lahore, the Mughal city, has almost fully been returned to its pristine glory of fabled days. Thanks to UNESCO, the Shahi Hamman, a public bath house of the walled city of Lahore,...September 6, 2016 1189 0