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How critically immigrants contribute to United States’ scientific and technological superiority over other countries was evident this week after it emerged that all six American recipients of 2016 Nobel Prizes announced so far are immigrants. The...

Senator John McCain, a top Republican, has withdrawn his support of Donald Trump, saying the businessman’s demeaning comments about women make it impossible for him to back the candidate. McCain’s announcement is being seen as a...

Pakistan’s Parliament has enacted a long-awaited bill to close loopholes that have been used to allow killers of women to go free under the pretext of defending “family honor.” Under the new legislation, murderers, usually fathers,...

South Asia needs a comprehensive approach for peace to prevail in the region, Pakistan said amid raging insurgency in Afghanistan to its west and turmoil in Indian controlled Kashmir to its east. “Peace cannot be compartmentalized...

With the election just a month away, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has reminded candidates of a key responsibility a U.S. leader must fulfill to keep America on top of the world – focus on advancing innovation....

Some 85 peace activists from Indian State of West Bengal have deplored attempts to ‘ deny the legitimacy of the struggle of Kashmiri people’ and called for negotiations involving the Kashmiris for last peace in the...

Another gory chapter of Syrian conflict plays out in just a fortnight – around 400 massacred including 200 children, thousands maimed and injured, hospitals eliminated, reports of barrel bombs and all sorts of ammunition on civilian...

In a statement likely to boomerang on his campaign odds, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said that derogatory remarks he has made toward women were all for the sake of “entertainment.” Trump appeared to argue...

António Guterres, the former Portuguese prime minister, is set to be the next UN secretary general, after the Security Council agreed he should replace Ban Ki-moon of South Korea, whose term expires at the end of...

In a major show of “Unity in Diversity,” 17 multi-ethnic community organizations and women’s associations, including Muslim Americans for Hillary Clinton, National Jewish Democratic Council and Bangladeshi Americans for Hillary Clinton have co-sponsored a grand rally...