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The horrific terror attacks in Paris sent shock waves all around last Friday, as ISIS claimed the killing of 129 people, prompting widespread international condemnation and outpouring of support for the French. Along with other ghastly...

Photo showing 2007 flooding across South Asia is by Anameofmyveryown under creativecommons license via Wikimedia Commons What is keeping South Asia mired in a morass of poverty? Corruption, conflicts, religious extremism, flawed governance, environmental degradation, water issues,...

An agreement between deeply divided countries in Vienna on a new UN diplomatic initiative toward ending the Syrian imbroglio and U.S. decision to send a small number of troops for an assistance mission in the north of...

Largely seen as an underdog until last week, Marco Rubio will take the stage on Nov. 10 in Milwaukee as a potential Republican candidate, who ultimately will be required to challenge the Democrat nominee for the...

Tunisian vendor Mohamed Bouazizi’s self-immolation on December 17, 2010, was not just an individual’s final act of desperation but it also symbolized a generation’s collective scream of protest against a system that stifled democratic rights of...

Pakistan-India cricket contests are among the most exciting sport competitions with huge following in South Asia and beyond. In the last one year,  the two countries have been locked in a diplomatic stalemate and repeated skirmishes along...

Few South Asian watchers doubted emboldening of hardcore groups espousing Hindutva ideology when Narendra Modi assumed charge of “secular” India last year. What surprised them all is the pace of their ascendency and their ability to operate...

Hillary Clinton came out a clear-cut dominant figure in the CNN-hosted first Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday night, as she articulated her views on some of the key national and international issues with ease and confidence...

As a passionate human being, Malala Yousafzai knows intimately the value of life since she literally escaped the icy stranglehold of death in 2012 after a Taliban attack. As a pragmatic rights activist, the teenaged Nobel...

Over the past few months, the world has been following painful stories of Syrian refugees dying in their desperate rush for migration to Europe. But Americans of Pakistani and Indian descent have also been deeply troubled...