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A timely event on the US election last week explored prospects and perils the unusually intense and divisive politicking might have for US politics, society and the foreign policy in the years to come. Some of...

President Barack Obama has signed an executive order intended to better prevent non-combatants from being killed in drone strikes after releasing figures Friday that between 64 and 116 civilians have been killed by drone and other...

Secretary of State John Kerry has said Mullah Mansour, the Afghan Taliban leader – who was targeted in Pakistan-Afghanistan border region with a precision US airstrike on Saturday – directly opposed reconciliation efforts, and that the action demonstrates...

After steady improvement in bilateral cooperation in the last few years, this summer has brought mixed news for US-Pakistan relations. While Washington and Islamabad contemplate a resolution to the standoff over F-16 jets deal, the people of two countries had...

Armed conflicts around the world are taking a heavy toll on children leaving them unimmunized against infectious diseases as health facilities. Almost two-thirds of children without even basic vaccines live in countries that are either partially...

A string of recent eye-opening reports have established links between inequality and turmoil at social, national and international levels. For example, a report late last year highlighted how inequality and economic frustrations led to Arab Spring...

World leaders need to blend use of force with political options and invest more in preventing crises than just in containing violent extremists to stem the current and so far the most perilous wave of militant violence,...

New Delhi’s decision to initially invest US $ 150 million for the development of Chah Bahar, an Iranian port, just 70 kilometers away from Pakistani deep-sea port of Gwadar, seems a manifestation of the decades old...

Taliban groups may hold direct talks with the Afghan government by the end of February to find a way to bring an end to the bloody conflict that showed no signs of let up in recent...

South Asian agrarian economies have been growing at a rapid pace in the recent years. Their share in the world cereal harvests is also enviable- 60 percent of total rice and 50 percent of wheat. Fruit...