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By Manish Rai Recent protests in Beirut over government corruption and mismanagement of the economy quickly escalated into rioting and…

The statue in London of Winston Churchill — who stood against the Nazis during the Second World War and saved Europe from barbarism — was covered up by the city authorities during recent protests. Its visual erasure reminds one of the nude statues in Rome covered up to please Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, or the “disappearance” of portraits in the former Soviet Union. (Photo by Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images)

BY KASWAR KLASRA ISLAMABAD: Clouds of a nuclear war are hovering on the horizons of South Asia—thanks to Narendra Modi,…

By Kaswar Klasra Islamabad: Facebook on Thursday removed advertisements run by President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign arguing it was against…

By Con Coughlin [ Originally published in Gatestone Institute]With the primary focus of the Trump administration understandably concentrated on a…

By Our Diplomatic CorrespondentIslamabad: A man has been convicted of murdering Dr Imran Farooq in London ten years ago, thanks…

BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTISLAMABAD: Statements coming from Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, President Ashraf Ghani, and the Taliban indicate that the highly…

Who will benefit from lifting the arms embargo from Iran Russia and China. With prospects for multi-billion dollar deals, Moscow and Beijing would doubtless be delighted to sell weapons to Iran. Pictured Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on June 14, 2019. (Photo by Vyacheslav OseledkoAFP via Getty Images)

By Kaswar Klasra Islamabad: As many as 20 Indian soldiers were killed while scores got injured in a ” faceoff”…

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