Patience pays off for K2 climbers. In all 24 climbers make it to the summit of the savage mountain. This season’s success rate remains 100%   Herald Report Islamabad, July 26:  Patience paid off for the K2 climbers who remained on the mountain after the first summit attempt failed last week because of dangerous conditions. A total of 19 people …

Kurdish-led group says last of militants cleared from stronghold of Baghuz After almost five years, the battle to dismantle Islamic State’s brutal “caliphate” has ended with an announcement from US-backed forces that the militants have been driven out of their last stronghold of Baghuz, deep in the Syrian desert. Isis had held out for months against the Syrian Democratic Forces …

News  Desk Seattle (USA): Two internationally-reputed universities have joined hands to expand population health, research, and education in developing countries. The University of Washington (UW) on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Aga Khan University (AKU) to codify partnership activities already underway and to leverage complementary strengths to further expand research, service and education in low- and …

People’s Alliance for Democracy and Secularism (PADS) condemns mob violence against Kashmiri students and traders after Pulwama attack HAH Report Secular and peace activists have condemned attacks on Kashmiris in various Indian cities and demanded the ultra nationalist Narendra Modi government to ensure their protection. The Peoples’ Alliance for Democracy and Secularism (PADS) has demanded criminal proceedings against leaders and activists …

By Gerry Shih NEAR SHAYMAK, Tajikistan — Two miles above sea level in the inhospitable highlands of Central Asia, there’s a new power watching over an old passage into Afghanistan: China. For at least three years, Chinese troops have quietly monitored this choke point in Tajikistan just beyond China’s western frontier, according to interviews, analysis of satellite images and photographs, …

BBC Venezuela’s embattled President Nicolás Maduro has called Donald Trump’s government a “gang of extremists” and blamed the US for his country’s crisis. In an interview with the BBC, Mr Maduro said he would not allow humanitarian aid into Venezuela as it was a way for the US to justify an intervention. “They are warmongering in order to take over …

Actor attacked Trump and other leaders at World Government Summit for denying science to justify not facing the ‘moral crisis’ Ed Pilkington Harrison Ford has launched a scorching attack on Donald Trump and other world leaders, for denying science in order to justify doing nothing to face the “moral crisis” of climate change.   The actor best known for fighting …

  DUBAI: Pakistan women registered a historic series win against the West Indies defeating them by four wickets in the third and final one-day international (ODI) at the ICC Academy in Dubai to take the series 2-1 on Monday. The victory gave Pakistan two points and lifted them above West Indies to fourth place in the ICC Women’s Championship table. …

Provincial minister and senior Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader Aleem Khan was taken into custody by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) officials in Lahore on Wednesday. As per a press release issued by NAB Lahore, Khan was arrested for owning assets beyond his known sources of income. Khan faces multiple inquiries, including one involving offshore company Hexam Investment Overseas Ltd, one for owning …

Oscar Guardiola-Rivera Juan Guaidó has declared himself president. Now the US and rightwing regimes may seek an excuse to intervene in support The picture shows him in the act of swearing himself in as “interim” president of Venezuela. His right hand raised to the heavens, as is proper of one who, having no popular mandate, proclaims himself in the name …

Maria Dombrov Collapsing Glaciers in The Himalaya–Hindu Kush mountain ranges & the Tibetan Plateau From Nature: “Tibetan communities are dealing with the impacts of collapsing glaciers. In October 2018, debris dammed the Yarlung Tsangpo River, which forms the headwater of the Brahmaputra, threatening areas as far afield as Bangladesh with flooding.” Read more about how collapsing glaciers are affecting Asian communities and …

CAPE TOWN: Pakistan shrugged off a four-match suspension imposed on captain Sarfraz Ahmed with a crushing eight-wicket win over South Africa in the fourth one-day international at the Wanderers Stadium on Sunday. The result levelled the five-match series at 2-2. The deciding match will be in Cape Town on Wednesday. Pakistan’s bowlers set up the win, bowling out South Africa …

Hassan Akbar With discussions around Afghan reconciliation entering a critical phase, it’s worth looking at what is happening in Qatar and beyond. This short piece analyzes the push for a settlement and question whether reconciliation between the US and the Taliban would equal lasting peace in Afghanistan. What is the Latest? The US-Taliban talks in Qatar have now entered the …

IT HAS FOR so long been a country of such unmet potential that the scale of Pakistan’s dereliction towards its people is easily forgotten. Yet on every measure of progress, Pakistanis fare atrociously. More than 20m children are deprived of school. Less than 30% of women are employed. Exports have grown at a fifth of the rate in Bangladesh and …

ISLAMABAD: Contrary to the claims of the minister of state for interior about excessive drug use by students in the capital, a new survey has found that no more than 2pc of students in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Peshawar are regular drug users, reports daily Dawn. Quaid-i-Azam University’s Department of Sociology released the findings of a survey conducted in collaboration …