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Pakistan’s national carrier, PIA, is readying to resume its direct flights to the United States from April 2020. The airline has sought permission from the U.S. and worked out a plan to restore its flights to...

One of my favorite classes I’ve taken at American University, The World of Islam, has introduced me to new ideas about how the Islamic World can be understood. Our professor, Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, the former Pakistani...

In what is being hailed a major breakthrough, scientists at Australian biotechnology company Imugene have found a way to kill all types of cancer cells, raising hopes that cancer would become a curable disease in the...

With a stark warning that the world may be heading for “great fracture” in the face of dysfunctional relations between major powers, UN Chief Antonio Guterres is prescribing multilateralism as the only way to save the...

Freedom House issued its annual report on “Freedom on the Net 201: The Crisis of the Social Media” Tuesday, warning that social media is an increasingly precarious tool for mass surveillance and manipulation of elections. The report...

Taking 135,000 lives every year, air pollution has moved to the top of Pakistan’s economic and national health challenges. Pakistan’s economy is facing economic burden to the tune of US$ 47.8 billion every year due to...

Virginians voted categorically for Democrats in a major boost for the party which gained total control of the government in the state with majorities in the Senate and General Assembly. This is for the first time...

Journalists in many countries are working in hostile environments with increasing fatal attacks but 90 percent of the killers of media persons are not convicted, a new UNESCO report says citing last 12 years records. The report...

India’s attempt to use a group of right-wing European Members of Parliament to gain some international legitimacy for its August 5 annexation of the disputed Kashmir territory has backfired as the European Union says it did...

By Anjali Singh, Mayra Bokhari What is the purpose of life? Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, former Pakistani High Commissioner and Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University, raised this question in his class World of...