BANGKOK: Mass protests continue in the Thai capital Bangkok with thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets with demands for reforms in the monarchy and the resignation of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who came to power in a coup six years ago. As they promised, demonstrators remained on the streets …

TEHRAN: The Iranian Foreign Ministry says the international community will not buy into Washington’s frenetic attempt to reinstate all United Nations sanctions against the Islamic Republic, adding that US officials live in “an imaginary world.” “Nothing has happened, except in [US Secretary of State Mike] Pompeo’s imaginary world. No one …

ISLAMABAD: All eyes are on Islamabad where the much-hyped gathering of the opposition leaders, aimed at devising a strategy to oust the PTI-led coalition government, is taking place. PPP leader and former president Asif Ali Zardari delivered the opening speech at the PPP-hosted multiparty conference through video link. Zardari thanked …

PARIS: A lawmaker from the ruling party of French President Emmanuel Macron has been accused of racism after she led a walkout at the country’s national assembly in protest at the presence of a Muslim student union representative wearing a headscarf. In a controversial move earlier this week, lawmakers from …

NEW YORK: The United Nations secretary-general says “uncertainty” prevents him from taking any action on a US declaration that all UN sanctions have been reinstated against Iran. “There would appear to be uncertainty whether or not the process … was indeed initiated,” Antonio Guterres said on Saturday in a letter …

ISLAMABAD: All eyes are on Islamabad today where the stage is set for a much-hyped gathering of the opposition leaders aimed at devising a strategy to oust the PTI-led coalition government. A day earlier, it was announced that sup­reme leader of the PML-N and deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif would …

LAHORE: Punjab Police’s special teams have failed to arrest the key suspect, Abid Ali, even after more than 10 days have passed since two armed men allegedly gang-raped a woman stranded on the Lahore-Sialkot Motorway with her children before robbing her. The deputy inspector-general (DIG) of police for investigations, Shahzada …

Pointing to US unlawful move to reimpose sanctions against Iran and importance of confronting its unilateralism, Cartalucci said China and Russia are next targets of the US if it will be successful in undermining of Iran. Under the 2015 nuclear deal that Iran struck with six major powers; the UK, …

By Aftab Siddiqui It has been six months since coronavirus was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). In the United States, the caseload has crossed six million. While India’s prime minister is facing one of the sternest tests of his political life. Despite the world’s strictest lockdown, …

By Dr. Muhammad Husain The sectarian fronts always entail high risks that Pakistan is facing for decades. The culture of militarization, on sectarian grounds, stems from different intervals, the Afghan, the Syrian war, and the current political recessions in the Middle East. It was the era of 1979 when the …