Sushmita Banerjee: The Bengali writer who escaped the Taliban and wrote about life under its rule

Her memoir Kabuliwalar Bangali Bou inspired the 2003 film Escape From Taliban. Nearly two decades after fleeing Afghanistan, ...

A young Phillies supporter led to fans being able to keep foul balls on this week in Philly history

“Toughie Reds” wasn’t going quietly. On July 18, 1923, this Phillies fan, real name Robert Cotter, caught a foul ball in the ...

When does the Iran War become a forever war?

It has been four and a half months since the United States and Israel launched a full-scale war against Iran. It has been a ...

Women’s OIC conference in Pakistan sees Syrian delegation after 14 years

Syria’s minister of social affairs and labor, Hind Kabawat, led the delegation, as few Afghan women were represented in their ...

From mediator to marketer: Pakistan lobbies for a bigger US role

Pakistan hired a US lobbying firm to boost security cooperation and minerals investment. The two-year agreement aims to ...

Oil pipelines bypassing Strait of Hormuz would not end threat to Middle East crude exports

Persian Gulf oil producers are building or planning at least seven new pipeline projects to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, but ...