Trump Taps Retired General Mattis as New Pentagon Chief by AFP December 2, 2016 by AFP December 2, 2016 The 66-year-old oversaw U.S. efforts in the Middle East during his military tenure. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Ku Klux Klan’s Trump Support Unlikely to Result in Resurgence by AFP December 2, 2016 by AFP December 2, 2016 Despite racist group organizing post-election rally, observers say its support is on the wane. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
U.S.-Led Coalition Admits to Civilian Deaths in Syria, Iraq Strikes by AFP December 2, 2016 by AFP December 2, 2016 Seven airstrikes between March and October resulted in deaths of 54 civilians, coalition announces. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Internet Archive Heads to Canada to be ‘Safe’ by AFP December 2, 2016 by AFP December 2, 2016 Backup center follows concerns about surveillance following the victory of Donald Trump in U.S. presidential elections. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Islamabad Says Trump Declared Nawaz Sharif ‘Terrific’ in Call by AFP December 1, 2016 by AFP December 1, 2016 Statement issued late Wednesday baffles observers who point to president-elect’s harsh language toward Pakistan in past. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
North Korea Hit With Toughest-Ever Sanctions by AFP December 1, 2016 by AFP December 1, 2016 U.N. Security Council places cap on coal exports after latest round of nuclear tests. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Trump Cultivates Twitter ‘Bully Pulpit’ by AFP December 1, 2016 by AFP December 1, 2016 U.S. president-elect prefers to publicly wade in on contentious topics on social media. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
U.N. Says Half a Million Afghans Displaced by War by AFP December 1, 2016 by AFP December 1, 2016 Record high internally displaced surpasses previous record of 471,000 from last year. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Saudi Prince Backs Women’s Right to Drive by AFP December 1, 2016 by AFP December 1, 2016 Royal, who holds no political posts, says allowing women to drive will also help the country’s economy. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
India Court Frees Kashmir Rights Activist by AFP December 1, 2016 by AFP December 1, 2016 Khurram Parvez’s ‘preventive’ detention deemed illegal. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Outgoing Army Chief Warns India by AFP November 29, 2016 by AFP November 29, 2016 Gen. Raheel Sharif cautioned New Delhi against perceiving ‘restraint’ as weakness as he welcomed new chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Experts, Officials Trash Trump Claim of Voter Fraud by AFP November 29, 2016 by AFP November 29, 2016 Few observers expect any change in the outcome of vote regardless of Green Party’s recount campaign. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Afghanistan Tackles Graft by AFP November 29, 2016 by AFP November 29, 2016 Residents hope Kabul’s anti-corruption court will prosecute rich and powerful tax evaders. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Ohio Campus Attacker Was ‘Angry Student’ by AFP November 29, 2016 by AFP November 29, 2016 Abdul Razak Ali Artan of Somalia injured 11 people with a butcher knife before being shot dead. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Trump Threatens to ‘Terminate’ U.S.-Cuba Thaw by AFP November 29, 2016 by AFP November 29, 2016 U.S. president-elect demands Havana make further concessions, threatening Obama’s outreach efforts. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Trump, Brexit Causing Economic Uncertainty by AFP November 29, 2016 by AFP November 29, 2016 ECB chief says geopolitical uncertainty major source of concern in coming months. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Outrage Over Hungarian Town’s Anti-Islam Decree by AFP November 29, 2016 by AFP November 29, 2016 Asothalom has banned mosque construction, use of muezzin and wearing of clothes such as niqab. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Sectarian Attacks Hit Karachi by AFP November 28, 2016 by AFP November 28, 2016 Two people dead in unrelated attacks perpetrated by gunmen riding motorcycles. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
U.S. Mosques Receive Pro-Trump Hate Letter by AFP November 28, 2016 by AFP November 28, 2016 Message delivered to three California mosques calls Muslims ‘filthy’, claims president-elect plans to ‘cleanse’ America. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail
Oil Company Workers Kidnapped in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa by AFP November 28, 2016 by AFP November 28, 2016 Six Pakistani employees of Polish company, three tribal policemen abducted by militants near Dera Ismail Khan. 0 FacebookTwitterRedditWhatsappEmail