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US confirms withholding $255 million in assistance for Pakistan
Photo: Screenshot/CBSN Following President Trump’s tirade against Pakistan, the United States has announced it is withholding $ 255 million in aid for the South Asian country. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Washington...Jan 3, 2018 1147 0 -
Trump says Pakistan has not done enough against terror in return for U.S. aid
Pakistan-Afghanistan map The U.S.-Pakistan relations headed into 2018 with more strains as President Donald Trump alleged that Islamabad has not reciprocated the United States’ assistance with adequate cooperation in the fight against terror. In a tweet,...Jan 1, 2018 1077 0 -
Internet, not the cause but can be facilitator in radicalization: Study
Photo: ITU As experts look for causes behind extremist mindset in vastly different societies, a new study finds the Internet is not the initiator of violent behavior but could be a facilitator within the process of radicalization. The...Jan 1, 2018 980 0 -
2018 UN red alert: Will the world work for a peaceful future?
A child carries a bag of firewood she bought for her family in besieged east Ghouta, Syria. Photo: UNICEF/Al Shami As head of the world’s top diplomatic forum, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, warned against excessive nationalism and...Dec 31, 2017 2090 0 -
‘Becoming Kareem’ offers a look into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s life-altering experiences
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has lived a life of transformational experiences. From a shy tall boy, he rose to become one of the globally known greatest basketball players of all time. In search of his identity, he converted from...Dec 30, 2017 2182 0 -
McMaster says Trump’s foreign policy approach out of his ‘comfort zone’
Image Credit: U.S. Army Public Affairs/Wikimedia Commons President Donald Trump’s American foreign policy approach is out of the comfort zone and it has altered the international community’s view of the United States but not necessarily in...Dec 29, 2017 1755 0 -
World to have 1.8 billion tourists by 2030 – Will affinity, peace be the winners?
Shangrila Resort Skardu ,Photo Credit: Zaeem Siddiq/Wikimedia Commons The ease and speed of traveling and doing global business are likely to fuel human curiosity for discovery and help the number of world tourists grow exponentially to...Dec 28, 2017 2077 0 -
Pakistan, India in new war of words after spy meeting
Photo: Pakistan Foreign Ministry A meeting between a convicted Indian spy imprisoned in Pakistan and his mother and wife, who traveled to Islamabad for the meeting, is becoming a point of contention between the two bitter...Dec 27, 2017 1552 0 -
2017 ending with world economic growth momentum, trade rebound
Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Europe Container Terminals, terminal Maasvlakte/Wikimedia The world economy seems to have lived through a spate of political and natural tremors in 2017 as the year concludes with a broad economic uptick in several...Dec 26, 2017 1985 0 -
How film Verna sparked Pakistan’s own debate in the year of #MeToo movement
Graphics by Mumtaz Hussain In a year of social movements, political upheavals, and #MeToo moment, Pakistan also produced a film, which speaks up for women’s rights and helps hihglight issues often hushed up in conservative, and...Dec 26, 2017 1963 0