Opinion

Working fewer hours makes you more well-organized

Evidence suggests that one of the biggest advantages of working fewer weekly hours is that it makes people better workers. Research shows people get more thru when they work fewer hours, and less done when they work more hours. Generally, fewer hours...

Inconsistent influences for practice of plastic

For many years, it has been a debate that the use of plastic is adequate or not? Many researches have shown that the usage severely affects human and marine life across the globe. Let’s have a detailed glance on this burning question which has...

(On the occasion of martyrdom of General Soleimani)

The Islamic Republic of Iran has conflicts and disputes with the United States of America and other imperialist governments over the world. The question is; what are the reasons behind these disputes? The conflict is not about some political issues....

Gaza must not be forgotten amid Israel’s latest controversies

In the tumult of the recent Israeli general election and the farcical process of forming a new government, the focus was chiefly on how it would affect Israeli democracy and relations with the Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, while t...

Iraq’s moment in the football sun

For the first time since 1979, Iraq is hosting a major global event - the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup. To say Iraq has been through devastation in recent years would be an understatement. The Middle Eastern nation, proudly crowned as the cradle of civilisa...

Ukraine and Saudi Arabia: Broadening horizons of cooperation

One more year of Ukrainian-Saudi relations has come to an end. The past year’s high-speed, turbulent pace was dictated by a complex set of internal and external factors affecting the agendas of each country, which neither had ever experienced b...

Farha and the story of the Palestinian collaborator

On December 1, 2022, Netflix released the film Farha, Darin Sallam’s first full-length feature and Jordan’s entry into the Oscars. Like many diaspora Palestinians and our allies, I rushed to watch it, and I loved it. The film is based on...

‘He led by example, and left a living legacy’

Born in 1920, orphaned at 2, brought up by a remarkable young widowed mother who kept her late husband’s business running, mentored by his older brother (Abdul Hameed), young Mohammed Said, after his initial schooling, studied and trained in Un...

Syria’s stakeholders divided over Turkiye rapprochement

Throughout the past decade, Turkish foreign policy has gone through crucial predicaments. The crisis at its doorstep, in Syria, has been the main reason for this. The Syrian crisis has had several implications for Turkiye on different levels: Worseni...

NATO should renew its commitment to Kosovo

On December 10, ethnic Serbs started setting up roadblocks in northern Kosovo, near the Serbian border, to protest against the arrest of an ethnic Serb former police officer. The situation soon escalated into a dangerous standoff between Kosovo and S...

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Iran has 'legitimate' right to self-defence: Erdogan

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday Iran had the "legitimate" right to defend itself in the face of Israel's ongoing bombing campaign, now in its sixth day. "It is a very natural, legitimate and legal right for Iran to def...

Iran-Israel conflict threat to regional, global peace: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif termed the escalating armed conflict between Iran and Israel as “very alarming,” warning that the situation poses a grave threat to both regional and global peace. Speaking during a cabinet meeting...

Field Marshal Munir creates history, White House engagement marks ‘national triumph’

WASHINGTON: A defining moment for Pakistan, in an unprecedented diplomatic move, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir became the first Chief of Army Staff in Pakistan’s history to hold a high-level meeting with a sitting US President at the White Hous...

PM forms committee to promote cashless economy

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif yesterday established a high-level committee to promote cashless economy and speed up the digitization. The committee, chaired by the prime minister himself, will review the progress and initiatives r...
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