Donald Trump’s pre-ceasefire social media post was unprecedented, immoral, and a diplomatic blunder for the US’s standing in the world.

THE idea that we are living in a historic, even apocalyptic, age exerts a powerful pull on the human mind. Eschatology – the theology of end times – is a religious concept, but crops up in many other ...

"I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” Mr Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. Read more at ...

Afghanistan's former President Hamid Karzai has countered Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's claims on Gandhara civilisation, musical instrument rubab and folklores. Karzai presented proof to back ...

Civilisations rise and fall and today I write about a serious threat facing western civilisation. Just a minute Willie, some of you may say, we thought you wrote a science column? True, but some ...

Roughly 4,000 years ago, a sprawling civilisation of agriculturalists flourished across a wide arc subsuming modern-day Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Communicating in a still little-language ...

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If Allahabad can become Prayagraj and Mughal Sarai turn into Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar, can other historical sites be immune? Scholars around the world may continue to marvel at the Indus ...

A remarkable archaeological discovery is shedding a new light on one of history’s biggest enigmas – the collapse of central America’s ancient Maya civilisation. This new discovery – the ritual ...

Do you believe that life exists on other planets? Well, here's an even more mysterious idea: Have you ever considered that there might have been another civilisation with advanced technology on planet ...