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Photo: LLF/Asia Society Promising to be a premier cultural event, the Lahore Literary Festival returns to New York this Saturday with a series of discussions exploring dimensions of Pakistani arts and literature. This year’s event will...

Fatty foods have long been known to clog arteries and cause cardiovascular diseases but their consumption still remains widespread in developing countries, the World Health Organization says in its latest report. The WHO warning is part...

A naturalization ceremony in Vienna, Virginia, December 2015, Photo: Department of Labor/Wikipedia A new study released on the eve of Supreme Court’s hearing of the travel ban case highlights the socioeconomic contributions of immigrants from countries...

The United States, Britain and France have launched coordinated military strikes against Bashar al Assad’s regime in Syria in reaction to the use of chemical weapons against civilians. President Donald Trump has described the actions as...

President Donald Trump on Friday said he has authorized targeted military strikes against Bashar al Assad’s regime after it reportedly used chemical weapons against civilians in a suburb of Syrian capital Damascus. Britain and France are...

Photo: State Department/Wikipedia Former US ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton will be the new White House National Security Adviser, replacing General H.R. McMaster, who is also retiring from the military. President Donald Trump revealed...

Pakistan’s political scenario is evolving rapidly ahead of what is expected to be an intense election season this year. On Monday, the Senate elected its first chairman from the strategic minerals-filled southwestern province of  Balochistan –...

A child standing in front of his ground-flattened school after a bombardment in Ainjara village in rural Aleppo, Syria. Photo: UNICEF/Khalil Alshawi EDITORIAL Another year of Syrian conflict – more devastation and more loss of human...

Photo: An aerial view of Washington Monument. Credit: U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway/Wikimedia Commons Thanks God it’s Friday (TGIF) Somewhat chill in the Air… کچھ کچھ خنکی سی Altogether it’s a lovely Friday evening...

UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras The United States is paying tribute to the memory of Pakistani human rights champion Asma Jahangir, calling her untimely death of the global icon as a “great loss to the world.” “We join...