Huma Nisar
Huma Nisar is Associate Editor at Views and News-
Opinion
Pakistani-American scientist honored with ‘Great Immigrants’ award
Pakistani-American scientist Nergis Mavalvala, professor of astrophysics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who was a lead scientist in the team that discovered gravitational waves, has been recognized with the Great Immigrants award. “Our annual tribute to... -
2016 Election
Trump pressed Putin on election interference: Tillerson
Photo: Kremlin via Wikipedia President Donald Trump raised the issue of Russian meddling in 2016 U.S. election during his first official meeting with Russian President Vladimir Friday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in Hamburg, Germany.... -
Immigration
Immigrants founded half of the most highly valued U.S. tech companies
Steve Jobs showing off the iPhone Photo by Matthew Yohe/Wikimedia Commons Immigrant contributions in the many areas of technology have long been known. But a huge revelation came to the fore on Wednesday at the Code... -
Counterterrorism
Tech giants form Internet Forum to counter terrorism
The world’s leading four tech companies including Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube are forming a Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism with the objective to make their hosted consumer services hostile to terrorists and violent extremists.... -
American Muslims
Trump sends Eid greetings to Muslims; says US committed to values of mercy and compassion
President Donald Trump is saying Eid ul Fitr greetings to Muslims in the United States and around the world as they celebrate the culmination of the Islamic holy month of Ramazan. A White House message says... -
Climate Change
Unprecedented heatwave, and more to come, warns UN weather agency
Photo by Jessie Eastland/Wikimedia Commons With mercury shooting up in several parts of the world, the United Nations weather agency is warning that more heatwaves to come. The World Meteorological Organization says extremely high May and... -
Children
Syrian refugee girl named UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Muzoon Almellehan skips rope with students at the School of Peace at a internally displaced peoples site in the Lake Region, Chad. She visited the conflict-affected region in April 2017. UNICEF/Sokhin With millions... -
Climate Change
May 2017, second hottest since temperature record-keeping began
Photo: Official NASA Twitter There seems to be no end to record heat the world has been experiencing in recent years with May 2017 being reported as the second warmest May in 137 years of modern... -
China
Top universities in US, UK but surprises may be in the making in Asia
There may be no surprises yet but they are clearly in the making. Topped by Harvard University the world’s most prestigious universities remain in the West, predominantly in the United States and the United Kingdom. According to... -
American Muslims
CNN drops ‘Believer with Reza Aslan’ after author’s anti-Trump tweet
Photo: Roanokecollege/Wikimedia Commons CNN has decided to cancel the production of the “Believer with Reza Aslan,’ in the wake of the Iranian-American author’s use of inappropriate words in criticism of President Donald Trump’s stance on London...