January2016
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Pakistan University Massacre: Terrorists choose soft target once again
This time it was the Bacha Khan University in Pakistan’s northwestern Pushtun belt town of Charsadda – a center of ancient Gandhara civilization – in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which along with tribal areas has been on...January 20, 2016 1011 0 -
62 Billionaires Hold More Wealth Than 3.6 Billion People : Inequality Study
Just 62 individual billionaires around the world have more wealth than 3.6 billion people combined, according to a latest report by an international charity which says ending the global web of tax havens is the key...January 20, 2016 1241 0 -
Iran in limelight with a thousand ramifications
In a development holding out wide-ranging implications, the United States and Europe Saturday lifted sanctions on Iran in exchange for Teheran’s implementation of its end of last year’s nuclear deal that stops the oil-rich Persian nation...January 17, 2016 1039 0 -
For Republican contenders, Clinton is Already the Democratic Nominee
If recent polls were any worries for Hillary Clinton, the sixth presidential debate among Republican hopefuls should wipe out every bit of them. For all but two of the seven top contenders for the Republican ticket...January 16, 2016 839 0 -
Digital Advances: Winners, Losers and Spoilers
The impact of information technologies on everyday human activity has been so sweeping that for majority of populations in the digitally connected world life is viewed in two broad ways: online and offline. Increasingly, productivity, GDP...January 14, 2016 1168 0 -
More than two-third of 71 slain journalists in 2015 were targeted
Photo above shows a photographer in the line of duty, returning after getting a close shot of a burning vehicle. Photo Credit : Aziz Ahmed for Views and News The death of 71 journalists in 2015...January 14, 2016 949 0 -
In farewell State of the Union, Obama pitches optimism
In his farewell State of the Union address to Congress, President Barack Obama delivered a high-pitched message of American optimism to meet new challenges, as he rejected the alarmist approach to national and international issues, and...January 13, 2016 1563 0 -
India-Pakistan Peace Search Must not be Abandoned
India and Pakistan again face a familiar crossroads situation – a militant attack threatening to roll back peace hopes between the two nuclear-armed countries. The January 2 Pathankot airbase attack – which India alleges has links to...January 12, 2016 1102 0 -
US seeks Afghan peace roadmap at Pakistan-hosted meeting
The United States, China, Pakistan and Afghanistan explored prospects for a negotiated end to the bloody Afghan conflict, as four nations discussed ways to relaunch talks between the Afghan Taliban and Kabul. Washington believes the reconciliation...January 12, 2016 1004 0 -
Syrian suffering – a blot on collective conscience
The heartrending images of skeleton-thin children starving to death in the besieged town of Madaya on Thursday sent another chilling reminder to the world of the unspeakable horrors Syrians have gone through in the last five...January 11, 2016 1479 0