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UN seeks international probe into Kashmir killings
With New Delhi continuing to thwart international observers’ access to Indian-controlled Kashmir, the United Nations has said the deteriorating situation in the disputed territory now critically warrants establishment of an “independent, impartial and international mission.” The...Sep 14, 2016 1172 0 -
Hillary Clinton has pneumonia; cancels California trip
Hillary Clinton has been ill with pneumonia, her doctor revealed in a statement, hours after the Democratic White House hopeful left a 9/11 memorial ceremony abruptly after feeling overheated. Clinton’s health had been the subject of...Sep 12, 2016 974 0 -
Hillary Clinton leaves 9/11 memorial event after feeling overheated
Hillary Clinton unexpectedly left the 9/11 memorial ceremony in New York Sunday as she felt overheated at a ceremony, marking the 15th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. “During the ceremony, she felt overheated so departed to go...Sep 11, 2016 705 0 -
Pakistan’s economic and security challenges, 15 years after 9/11 terror attacks
Fifteen years ago when al-Qaeda terrorists flew two passenger planes into the twin towers of World Trade Center, Pakistanis shared the grief with Americans as they watched destruction on TV screens, some 12,000 kilometers away from...Sep 11, 2016 1403 0 -
Hillary Clinton regrets calling half of Trump supporters “deplorables”
Hillary Clinton expressed “regret” Saturday for comments in which she said “half” of her Republican rival Donald Trump’s supporters are “deplorables,” meaning people who are racist, sexist, homophobic or xenophobic. “Last night I was ‘grossly generalistic,’...Sep 10, 2016 824 0 -
Facebook co-founder Moskovitz pledges $20 million to boost Clinton campaign
Tech entrepreneur and co-founder of Facebook Dustin Moskovitz has pledged a whopping $ 20 million to boost Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, arguing she offers a better way forward for the United States. Writing a piece on...Sep 10, 2016 941 0 -
Obama nominates Pakistani American Abid Qureshi to serve as federal judge
In a first for an American Muslim, President Barack Obama has nominated a prominent Pakistani American legal expert Abid Riaz Qureshi to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. “I am...Sep 7, 2016 29833 2 -
UNESCO Award for Lahore’s Mughal Shahi Hammam
An ornate building in Lahore, the Mughal city, has almost fully been returned to its pristine glory of fabled days. Thanks to UNESCO, the Shahi Hamman, a public bath house of the walled city of Lahore,...Sep 6, 2016 1172 0 -
Clinton, Trump step up campaigns with Labor Day appearances
With just over two months away and three weeks from the first presidential debate, the White House race entered the final stretch Monday with Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump locked in what promises to be...Sep 5, 2016 866 0 -
Global Beat event explores key issues in Election 2016
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...Sep 5, 2016 1185 0