United State tussle with Russia over Snowden has become a new bone of contentions between two traditional rivals. Russia denied presence of any contract with U.S. over exchange of prisoners.  Putin said, yes, he's at a Moscow airport, and no, you can't have him. Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the first official acknowledgment of the whereabouts of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden on Tue ...

By Ghada Karmi Once upon a time, Palestine was the Arab world's unifying cause. Justice for the Palestinians was considered a basic pre-requisite for regional stability and peace, and it was an idea that had global resonance. Today, the picture is different and the Palestinian cause has been falling off the political agenda ever since the onset of the Arab Spring, the Syrian conflict, and Israel's success i ...

   By Sajjad Shaukat In the recent years, reports came to the limelight about involvement of Indian Amry’s high and low-ranking officials in various scandals of sexual harassment and raping women. But such abuses have enveloped the tourist ladies, assaulted by Indian civilians. Every one realises that rape against women is a shameless act of immorality in which anti-social elements driven by their animal in ...

Shocking images of police violence draw much-needed attention to protests and larger issue of police brutality  By Lauren McCauley, staff writer A captured instance of brazen police brutality against a civilian has, once again, grabbed the attention of the global community. The shocking photograph of a lone woman being pepper sprayed at close range by Brazilian police has gone viral, drawing criticism and a ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Unidentified, armed terrorists have   killed 10 foreign tourists and a Pakistani guide in Diamer area that is located in remote part of northern Pakistan. Another report reveal that the number of tourists dead in the incident counted 11, which included five Ukrainian, three Chinese, while one Russian and one Pakistani. A search and rescue operation has begun in the area. No group has yet ...

Yatra threat aimed at creating sense of terror among people: Geelani ‘Black laws used to curb freedom-struggle’ FAZIL QAYOOM Srinagar, Jun 20: (GNS) All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani has called for a complete shutdown on June 25 against the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. He also ruled out that there is any kind of threat to yatris and said the rumour ...

By Zaheerul Hassan In 2010 and 2012, two articles, “Foreign Involvement in Pak Balochistan” and “US meddling in Balochistan Exposed” have been written by me.  The articles then unveiled the US and her allies’ hidden involvements of supporting rebellions, aiming at creation of Greater Balochistan and increasing influence in northern lip of straits of Hormuz through which much of the world’s oil supply passes ...

Asif Haroon Raja Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had nurtured the dream of independent Bengal from early days. He and his henchmen got in touch with Indian intelligence agencies and during one of the meetings in Agartala in November 1963, finalized the plan to detach East Pakistan from rest of Pakistan. Under the garb of remedying political and economic grievances of East Pakistan, he formulated six points formula an ...