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Trump says Democrats chose shutdown politics over budget deal as anniversary gift
President Donald Trump has said Democrats wanted to give him shutdown gift on his first anniversary and have chosen politics over deal-making. In a series of Twitter messages, Trump reacted strongly to the government shutdown after...Jan 20, 2018 839 0 -
Human Rights Watch calls out BJP leaders for fomenting extremist ideology
A file photo Narendra Modi with Anandiben at a meeting in May 2014/Wikipedia Human Rights Watch. has called out leaders of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party for publicly backing Hindu supremacy over other religions, which has resulted in attacks...Jan 18, 2018 858 0 -
30 children killed in Syrian escalation while the world watches
Ru’a, 18 months, rides on her grandfather’s motorbike as he drags it across Mesraba in East Ghouta, Syria. Photo:NICEF/2018/Amer Almohibany After one of the worst years for children in the ongoing Middle Eastern conflicts, 2018 has...Jan 15, 2018 1114 0 -
Horror at Sea: 100 refugees dead in Mediterranean waters
A UNHCR file photo shows a boat carrying refugees and migrants drifts on the Mediterranean Sea shortly before rescue by the Italian Navy in 2014. © Italian Navy/Massimo Sestini The 2018 has begun disastrously for refugees trying...Jan 11, 2018 1012 0 -
Justice4Zainab: Pakistani society and state have much to answer for
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Pakistan’s eastern city of Kasur to protest the brutal murder of Zainab after the seven-year-old girl was abducted, raped and her body recovered from trash. The heartbreaking news...Jan 10, 2018 993 0 -
Afghanistan: Then and Now
Kabul in 1950s or 1960s with modern transport system Photo: Public Domain/Wikipedia Afghanistan and Pakistan have been part of American news cycle for more than 16 years now since the U.S. invaded the country in 2001 after the September...Jan 9, 2018 3587 0 -
Will Oprah Winfrey run for 2020 presidential election?
Oprah Winfrey amazed stars and people alike Sunday with a speech that interspersed her emotional grasp of the #MeToo moment with profound political comments. Since then speculations are rife that the she might be running for...Jan 8, 2018 1377 0 -
‘Literature can strengthen human bonds across cultures’
Feelings of the time slipping by and expectations of good times ahead merged creatively as the Society of Urdu Literature hosted its last session of 2017 in the afternoon of December 31, just hours before the...Jan 8, 2018 2109 2 -
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 -
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