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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...Aug 13, 2016 1022 0 -
Trump calls his Obama as ISIS founder comment ‘sarcasm’
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Friday backtracked on his comment that President Barack Obama founded the Islamic State, saying it was just sarcasm. He also attacked the media for seriously reporting comment. “Ratings challenged @CNN...Aug 13, 2016 792 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...Aug 12, 2016 1099 0 -
Khizr Khan on why he decided to counter Trump’s demogogic rhetoric
For 12 years, the family kept the grief of son’s loss private. But one day, Khizr Khan decided to make a public statement in the middle of an unusually heated election year. Since that July 28...Aug 11, 2016 1234 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...Aug 9, 2016 861 0 -
Republican experts oppose Trump; Say candidate can’t handle challenges
Issuing a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump’s positions on a range of national security and foreign policy matters, a group of former Republican officials have signed a letter, declaring the GOP candidate as unfit for the...Aug 8, 2016 869 0 -
Angelina Jolie not joining Georgetown University as professor this fall
Hollywood star and UN Ambassador for Refugees Angelina Jolie will not be lecturing students at the Georgetown University this fall, a spokesperson said after earlier media reports suggested she was set to join the campus as...Aug 8, 2016 983 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...Aug 6, 2016 1064 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...Aug 5, 2016 950 0 -
US wants Pakistan to go after terrorists threatening region
The United States has asked Islamabad to act against terrorist groups targeting its neighbors and not just the ones that pose a threat to Pakistan. “We have been very clear with the highest levels of the...Aug 5, 2016 895 0