Iran, Pakistan relations strategic: Zarif
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran and Pakistan enjoy “strategic” relations, adding that necessary grounds for cooperation between the two countries are growing in different sectors. “Relations More...
Annual Forecast 2016
Annual Forecast 2016 With old geopolitical realities resurfacing across Eurasia and commodity prices stuck in a slump, 2016 is shaping up to be an unsettling year for much of the world. A logical place to More...
India and France launch $1tn solar power tie-up
By Michael Stothard in Le Bourget India and France have launched a global alliance to mobilise $1tn worth of investment towards developing solar power around the world, focused on tropical countries that are sun-rich More...
France, Russia team on Syrian fight
Russia and France — both targets of devastating blows by ISIS in recent weeks — yesterday struck a pact to team up in Syria, even as experts warn their widely disparate views of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad More...
US issues worldwide terror alert for citizens over increased threats
Americans have been warned to be alert to possible travel risks, especially during the holidays, following increased terrorist threats around the world. The State Department issued a travel alert, which will be More...
Belgian police arrest 16 in raids, Salah Abdeslam not caught
Belgian prosecutors announced early Monday that police had detained 16 people in 22 raids but that Paris fugitive Salah Abdeslam was not among them. Despite the raids, authorities maintained their highest terror More...
‘To Paris from Pakistan’ viral video director humbled by response
The Pakistani director behind a video response to the Paris attacks that has received millions of views is “humbled” by the response, he told AFP. “To Paris from Pakistan” featured five young Pakistani More...
Is Israel Behind Paris Attacks?
By Sajjad Shaukat Much has been written and said by writers and analysts of print and electronic media about the coordinated terror attacks in a stadium, a hall, restaurants and bars across Paris which left more More...
Paris Tragedy: Anti-Muslim Chauvinism in France
By Sajjad Shaukat Just after the simultaneous terror attacks in Paris which killed more than 130 persons, on November 13, the people of France, the government and the media became one. A wave of anti-Muslim chauvinism More...
Pakistan school massacre survivors tell France: ‘You are not alone’
The survivors of Pakistan’sdeadliest ever terror massacre have expressed solidarity withthe victims of the Paris attacks, describing those responsibleas “animals” who had “nothing to do More...