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US concerned over Kashmir violence; urges peaceful resolution
The United States has expressed concern over ongoing violence in Kashmir and urged a peaceful solution to the crisis. “We support any and all positive steps that India and Pakistan can take to forge closer relations,”...August 17, 2016 718 0 -
Forgetting Syria – What will be the cost of silence over savagery?
Dubbed as “the battle for Aleppo,” the latest chapter of massacres in the Syrian conflict continues, with reports of more civilian deaths in air strikes Friday. More than five years of bloodletting has killed close to...August 13, 2016 1034 0 -
‘Let’s build bridges, not walls; We will all be stronger’
As millions of refugees face hardships and uncertain future, the United Nations has appealed to countries including the United States to keep reaching out to people in need because “we will all be stronger” by building...August 12, 2016 1116 0 -
Scientists seek presidential candidates’ answers to 20 pressing questions
Seeking to inject a raft of pressing scientific, climate, health and technological challenges into the 2016 election debate, a coalition of more than 50 nonpartisan science and technology organizations has posed 20 high-stakes questions, asking candidates...August 12, 2016 1108 0 -
US wants Pakistan, India to hold peace talks
As tensions continue to escalate between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, the United States has urged the two South Asian neighbors to hold peace talks in the interest of regional security. The State Department said anything...August 9, 2016 871 0 -
UN, US condemn Quetta terror attack; White House vows help for Pakistan’s fight
Terrorism struck Pakistan after months of relative improvement in security, with a Taliban splinter group’s suicide bomber blowing up 70 people in an attack on Civil Hospital in Quetta, the capital of southwestern Balochistan province. The...August 8, 2016 990 0 -
Rio Olympics – A tribute to human spirit of competition
A summer of corruption scandals, economic downturn and Zika virus blues has finally given way to a much healthier warmth and heated competition of talents and skills with the start of 2016 Olympics in Rio di...August 6, 2016 1022 0 -
Pakistan-India tensions cast shadow on South Asian cooperation
The latest bout of words between interior ministers of Pakistan and India at the SAARC Internal Affairs Ministers’ moot in Islamabad have further stoked tensions between the two nuclear armed South Asian rivals. In the backdrop of...August 6, 2016 1071 0 -
Olympic Refugee Team – Let Sport help retrieve Peace
What will define our time in times to come? Conflicts, terror, and the great exodus of people from the Middle East and Africa, and on the positive side medical advancements and the unprecedented connectivity of human...August 5, 2016 963 0 -
South China Sea tensions – What is the best way forward?
Recently an international tribunal in The Hague ruled that China has no legal rights to exclusive claim of resources within the “9-dashed line” – a U-shaped line in the South China Sea – which extends hundreds of...July 24, 2016 1109 0