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A globally agreed accord on reducing emissions of potent chemicals used in air conditioners and refrigerators is raising expectations that it it could help prevent up to 0.5 degrees Celsius of global warming by the end...

Amnesty International, a leading human rights organization, and Committee to Protect Journalists have urged Pakistani authorities to immediately revoke a travel ban on journalist Cyril Almeida, following reports that he was barred from leaving the country...

Another gory chapter of Syrian conflict plays out in just a fortnight – around 400 massacred including 200 children, thousands maimed and injured, hospitals eliminated, reports of barrel bombs and all sorts of ammunition on civilian...

António Guterres, the former Portuguese prime minister, is set to be the next UN secretary general, after the Security Council agreed he should replace Ban Ki-moon of South Korea, whose term expires at the end of...

South Asia is back to the edge, possibly heading for yet another prolonged period of standoff and uncertainty. Indian officials have claimed to carry out a surgical strike against what it calls militant target along Line...

Russia and Bashar al Assad regime are killing civilians and Syrian children indiscriminately in Aleppo, media repots and UN officials. “The children of Aleppo are trapped in a living nightmare,” said UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Justin...

As if a sudden upsurge in domestic and internatioinal issues – tense race issues, Syrian regime’s killing campaigns in Aleppo, refugees, and conflicts elsewhere – were not enough to fill the first presidential debate on Monday,...

The arrival of a contingent of Russian troops  led by Chief of General Staff ,in Islamabad this week for joint military exercises in highlands of northern Pakistan has much significance for the both the countries and...

Internet service provider Yahoo has confirmed that information from at least 500 million of its user accounts were stolen in 2014, believing the company’s network was hacked by a state-sponsored actor. “The account information may have...

Islamabad has refuted media reports that Afghan American Ahmad Khan Rahami, accused of carrying out terror bombings in New York and New Jersey, is married to a Pakistani woman. “As per preliminary investigation, the wife of...