Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is by Bill McKibben If the pictures of those towering wildfires in Colorado haven't convinced you, or the size of your AC bill this summer, here are some hard numbers about climate change: June broke or tied 3,215 high-temperature records across the United States. That followed the warmest May on record fo ...

Dr Ahmad Rashid Malik Army-monks Jihad is underway against the Muslims in Myanmar. Nothing is worse than the State-led terrorism against their own people. Another human tragedy is unfolding. Monks have turned to be the cruelest to the Muslims. They are butchering Muslims all over in Myanmar in collaboration with the army. Now Buddhist terrorism is on the rise. The country has become a hell for Muslims who a ...

[caption id="attachment_2282" align="alignright" width="113"] Saudi Arabia[/caption] Posted by  Zaheerul Hassan According to reliable sources , the  recent spate of news floating around the Internet which claim a blast at the Mukhabarat al-Aa'mmah or General Intelligence Directorate of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh are absolutely fake and concocted, said a senior Saudi security official when contacted by this scri ...

Letter to Editor What exactly comes to your mind when you think of Swat? Yes, apples, green meadows, lakes, natural beauty, peace, serenity and the "the Switzerland of the region.” It was a dreamy place for me too, till 2009. It was the year when for the first time I heard about army operation against the Taliban in Swat valley. I was shocked. News like “105 killed in Swat clashes”, “Inside rebel Pakistan c ...

AFP ISLAMABAD — Pakistan said Wednesday it is to sue a British newspaper that claimed to have uncovered a visa scam that could have allowed potential terrorists into the Olympic Village. The Sun tabloid said it had busted a racket involving a politician in the eastern city of Lahore that could have given access to the London Games as part of the Pakistani contingent in return for one million rupees ($10,000 ...

By Anatol Lieven To judge by discussions I had with figures close to the Afghan Taliban in Dubai last week, on certain key issues the Taliban leadership and the US administration are far closer than most analysts believe. The chief obstacle to a peace settlement is likely to come not from Taliban links to al-Qaeda but rather from the question of how to divide up power within Afghanistan. My colleagues and I ...

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan BEIRUT — With warplanes circling overhead, Syrian attack helicopters pounded rebel-held neighborhoods in Aleppo on Tuesday in an escalation of the battle for the country's commercial capital and largest city, residents and activists said. Following a pair of rebel assaults on the country's two main cities and a bombing that wiped out some of his top security last week advisors, Pre ...

Posted By Zaheerul hassan South African companies that have operations in the UK or the US – or are listed in these territories – that fail to comply with anti-corruption legislation could be on the receiving end of devastating fines or even incarceration of key stakeholders.   This is according to Steven Powell‚ a Forensics Executive at ENS (Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs)‚ who spoke at an Anti-Corruption Compl ...