EDITOR'S PICK
An Intimate View of Pakistan, From Bhutto to Zia and Musharraf to Sharif
Pakistani diplomat Ambassador Karamatullah K Ghori’s Baar-i-Shanasaee offers an extraordinary, intimate view of Pakistan’s powerful men, from Zulfikhar Ali Bhutto to General Zia-ul-Haq and from...
Of Self-Styled Gurus and Shameless Abuse of National Institutions and Resources
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Forget the ethical question of whether a democratic state should involve itself with such private melas; the Indian government has gone out of its...
Second Car Bomb in a Month Kills 34 in Turkish Capital Ankara
ANKARA (Reuters) A car bomb tore through a crowded transport hub in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Sunday, killing at least 34 people and...
HEAVY RAINS DISRUPT LIFE IN UAE; SCHOOLS SHUT; FLIGHTS CANCELLED
DUBAI (AFP) — Schools were ordered shut, flights suspended and the stock market was closed down in the United Arab Emirates as rare heavy rain...
Real Men Read, UAE
With the UAE adopting 2016 as the Year of Reading, there seems to be a little buzz brewing about getting kids and their families...