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US President Donald Trump. (Photo: ANI)

Can killing of ISIS' Baghdadi save Trump in 2020 polls?

In the initial few hours after the raid, it seemed that the operation in which Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died had saved...

1 Nov 2019 12:00 AM IST

Turkish-backed Syrian opposition fighters chant slogans as they wait to cross the border into Syria, in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey. (Photo: AP)

A relentless war rages on in the Middle East

Turkish forces have moved into northern Syria, and the shaky Kurdish-defended buffer zone has become the site of mayhem.

19 Oct 2019 2:58 AM IST

The victims of these paedophiles were referred to as prostitutes and even by some idiots as sex workers .

Guard against dark net', expose child predators

New research published in the New York Times this past weekend provides new insight into the minds of paedophiles.

5 Oct 2019 1:46 AM IST

A man offer prayers before breaking his fast. (Photo: AP)

Why a scholar's new sin' hurts the cause of Euro Muslims

Muslims, held Ramadan who was born in Geneva and holds Swiss citizenship had a lot to contribute to Europe.

5 Sept 2019 3:46 AM IST

Pakistan is a key player in the talks between the Taliban and the US in an effort to end the war in Afghanistan and allow withdrawal of American troops. (Photo: AFP / File)

Decade's two major conflicts will end in step back to the past

The larger message of these conflicts and the condition in which they will leave the populations in Syria and...

29 Aug 2019 12:05 AM IST

People gather around a makeshift memorial at the scene of a mass shooting at a shopping complex in El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday. (Photo: AP)

America must learn the shadow of white terror will be harder to fight

Countries like Pakistan, post-colonial countries, are continually (and incorrectly) often seen as inhabiting the Western...

9 Aug 2019 12:17 AM IST

Im racist. I dont like you, I dont like her, the man added. (Representational image)

Time to embrace that brown, dark can be beautiful

The blackface use of cosmetics to make the skin darker and effect cultural misappropriation of African tradition can...

2 Aug 2019 12:18 AM IST

US President Donald Trump greets Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan at the White House in Washington DC on Monday. (Photo: AFP)

For all Trump's Islamophobia, Khan has scored a diplomatic win

It must have been an odd thing for PM Imran Khan to step into a United States whose president was having such a visibly...

26 July 2019 12:05 AM IST

Police have registered a case and are investigating the gory crime. (Representational Image)

Domestic abuse: A crime without punishment

Moscow is far away, but the complexities of the situation are not unimaginable in Pakistan.

11 July 2019 12:13 AM IST

What does the Dalai Lama's lapse' teach us about sexism?

Women, after all, are terribly used to good' men saying sexist things and having these ascribed to dated views.

5 July 2019 12:03 AM IST

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Economics over Islamism: Choice clear in Istanbul

The cultural messaging that generated voter ire and got them to the polls on symbolic issues like veiling is no longer...

28 Jun 2019 12:44 AM IST

Not only has the Donald Trump administration refused to back down from that policy, it is currently constructing more detention facilities that would continue to separate women and children and hold them indefinitely.

Dead migrants in US, Europe: Refugees left to fend for themselves

Some reports that were released discuss these increasing numbers with great solemnity and great concern.

24 Jun 2019 4:40 AM IST