Theresa May, the British Prime Minister (PM), is a tough cookie. She took charge on July 13, 2016 following the Brexit vote, and has since then steered UK through some very choppy waters.

It's too early to tell whether history will be kind to the Donald Trump administration, but no one can doubt its rich, if unintended, contribution to comedy.

On October 3, the United States experienced the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. At least 58 people were killed and over 500 more were wounded. No, that's not a typo: More than 500 people were injured in one single incident.

Owing to current affairs, I feel compelled to opine on the issue of North Korea's testing of nuclear bombs, or hydrogen bombs. Since I am unconcerned with which category of weapons North Korea tested, let us operate under the assumption that it was the earlier.

Saudi Arabia's long-awaited lifting of a ban on women's driving, widely viewed as a symbol of Saudi misogyny, will likely serve as a litmus test for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's ability to introduce economic and social reforms despite conservative opposition.

This month the famed Afghan historian, Nancy Dupree, died in Kabul at the age of 89, after having dedicated her life to the preservation of Afghan culture.

US President Donald J Trump's targeting of a two-year-old agreement curtailing Iran's ability to produce nuclear weapons could not only spark a nuclear arms race in the Middle East, but also tilt European-Chinese competition for domination of Eurasia's future energy infrastructure in China's favour.

US documentary filmmaker Ken Burns' 10-part, 18-hour documentary on the Vietnam War (made in association with Lynn Novick) is making waves here, as well as it should. Give Burns credit.

North Korea (DPRK) presents an enigma and a challenge for the US and its allies. While DPRK is determined to improve its nuclear strike capability, the US has been working for many years to stop DPRK from acquiring nuclear weapons, or at least to slow down its nuclear programme.

Efforts to clean up international and regional sports governance six years into one of the worst crises in its history have yet to tackle

While simple charity should in an ideal world be taken for granted, in this world of closed borders, ideologies and poverty, we can at least congratulate ourselves a little for having kept the door open to the Rohingyas. Make no mistake: arriving in Bangladesh is not necessarily a solution to all their problems, but at the very least they are for now safe from harm.

First, I'm sure you're surprised at the use of just the word Muslim. More specifically, at the absence of the word “Indian” before it. I know. We reserve that only for you: “Indian Muslim.”

A nail-biting Iranian-Syrian World Cup qualifier on September 5 has sent political ripples far beyond the Azadi Stadium's soccer pitch in Tehran.

The international community has to play a much stronger role otherwise, as someone has argued recently, “like other stateless and unrepresented Muslims, [the Rohingyas] are at risk of producing a persistent terrorist threat” that in the end would not only destabilise Myanmar but also its neighbours.

Russian President Vladimir Putin outlines his vision for strengthening the BRICS countries’ partnership in politics, the economy, culture and other areas.

The most imme-diate uncomfortable truth is that it is virtually impossible to separate Pakistan's domestic security concerns from its external ones. Not because they can be dismissed as the result of foreign interference but because they are often the legacy of past policies.

The Philippines legislature, in March 2017, reinforced the death penalty for drug offenders, despite resistance from the countries and communities in the Western hemisphere.

From this perspective, it is necessary to perceive that sticking to specific areas of cooperation among the BIMSTEC partners is as important as reducing the number of products in the negative list of SAFTA partners so this overlapping regional alliance flourishes for mutual benefit.

What has happened in Charlottesville showed that temperatures and tempers are flaring in this long hot summer. Is the Arab Spring spreading worldwide due to climate warming?

A French investigation into possible corruption in business deals related to Qatar's winning of World Cup hosting rights moved the 2022 tournament a step closer to becoming enmeshed in the two-month-old Gulf crisis.