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Clinton looks for better US-Pakistani cooperation
Clinton looks for better US-Pakistani cooperation

By AP
July 9th 2012
 
 
 
TOKYO: US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed hope Sunday that Pakistan’s recent reopening of Nato …

Web freedom after Arab Spring
Web freedom after Arab Spring

By Reuters
July 7th 2012
 
 
 
GENEVA: The United Nations’ main human rights body has for the first time backed people’s right to freedom …

McGuinness regrets all Troubles deaths
McGuinness regrets all Troubles deaths

By Kevin Meagher
June 2nd 2012
 
 
 
After a week in which a simple handshake came to symbolise a moment of reconciliation after centuries of …

Dewsbury says no to EDL
Dewsbury says no to EDL

By Web Desk
June 2nd 2012
 
 
 
Around one hundred anti-racists marched through Dewsbury town center on Saturday 30 June in protest at …

Myanmar tells Suu Kyi not to call country ‘Burma’
Myanmar tells Suu Kyi not to call country ‘Burma’

By AP
June 29th 2012
 
 
YANGON: Myanmar has undergone dramatic change over the last year, but one thing won’t be changing anytime …

Dr Aafia still alive: US prison spokesperson
Dr Aafia still alive: US prison spokesperson

By Huma Imtiaz
June 20th 2012
 
 
 
WASHINGTON: An official for the holding facility where neuroscientist Dr Afia Siddiqui is being kept, has denied …

WikiLeaks founder Assange faces arrest after Ecuador bid
WikiLeaks founder Assange faces arrest after Ecuador bid

By AFP
June 20th 2012
 
 
 
LONDON: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is seeking political asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, has …

Left, “Englishness”, voting conservative
Left, “Englishness”, voting conservative

By Ben Mitchell
June 18th 2012
 
 
Two things caught my eye last week: Ed Miliband’s speech on Englishness and a comment piece in The Guardian explaining …

‘Excavation of Ahmadi grave could spark clash’
‘Excavation of Ahmadi grave could spark clash’

By Web Desk
June 16th 2012

 
Claiming of constant discrimination and threats to their lives, the Ahmadiyya community in Faisalabad has one …