Opinion

Monday 22/February/2016 16:28 PM

Virtual education in conflict zones

Educating refugees and children in conflict zones is one of the biggest challenges facing the international community. Their schools have been reduced to...

Monday 22/February/2016 16:15 PM

Towards a new political drift in Pakistan

Pakistan’s politics is entering a difficult and uncertain phase. Two important developments in the last week can have far-reaching implications for the...

Monday 22/February/2016 15:59 PM

Victorious Trump takes a stab at humility

Welcome, voters, to the new, improved Republican race for the presidency. At one time, there were close to 20 politicians to follow, but post-South...

Monday 22/February/2016 15:13 PM

The Scourge of Advertising - Revisited

Saleh Shaibany ("The Scourge of Advertising", December 17) says "If you think carefully, ads serve no purpose." The myth that...

Sunday 21/February/2016 15:21 PM

South Carolina puts history on Trump's side

South Carolina made Donald Trump the clear front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, revived Marco Rubio's campaign and sounded the death...

Sunday 21/February/2016 15:03 PM

The UK was never a real EU member anyway

One could argue -- and some, like UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage, already do -- that the concessions British Prime Minister David Cameron...

Sunday 21/February/2016 14:46 PM

The inequality puzzle

Over the past decade, income inequality has come to be ranked alongside terrorism, climate change, pandemics, and economic stagnation as one of the most...