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President Barack Obama had a lot to poke fun at in his last presidential appearance at the White House Correspondents’ Association annual dinner. So he unleashed a string of jokes and jabs at presidential candidates including Donald...

With the mercury already shooting to 40 degrees centigrade (104 Fahrenheit) in southern Pakistan and eastern and southern parts of India, South Asia is bracing for a series of heat extreme waves over the next two months. According to...

Hopes that Syria – decimated by more than five years of multilayered conflicts – could finally be put on path to rehabilitation – were dashed to pieces after a series of civilian killings from bombings of...

Armed conflicts around the world are taking a heavy toll on children leaving them unimmunized against infectious diseases as health facilities. Almost two-thirds of children without even basic vaccines live in countries that are either partially...

Results from Tuesday’s primaries in five northeastern states cleared much of the political fog for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump as the two candidates bagged large shares of Democratic and Republican delegates to steer far ahead...

An investigation into the Flint contaminated water crisis – which prosecutors say has endangered lives of thousands of people – have led to filing of criminal charges against three officials as initial action. Michigan Attorney General Bill...

Kareem Abdul Jabbar has endorsed Hillary Clinton as the best-suited candidate for the White House, saying the former secretary of state embodies both reason and idealism to lead America at a crucial time. In an op-ed...

In Lahore’s upscale Gulberg district, Bishan Singh has been earning handsomely from his cloth trade in a manner that brings him both recognition and money. His business success has seen Singh double his fortunes in just five...

It is not my the GPS in my car but my life’s GPS that took lots of reroutings as I swerved from an ultimate route. I studied in a French convent school and one day suddenly Urdu language...

The world powers must act to boost developing economies and alleviate poverty in the most fragile countries to prevent future refugee crises, the World Bank says. More than 244 million people, or 3.3 percent of the...