Areej Elahi-Siddiqui

It's been a deadly year for journalists. According to New-York based Committe to Protect Journalists, at least 70 journalists were killed this past year. Some of the highest-ranking countries saw immense political turmoil in 2013. Syria topped the…

The month of December, for most people, means the end of the calendar year, the start of shorter days and colder nights, and perhaps most importantly, Christmas. Even for people like me who don't celebrate Christmas, it's impossible to live in the…

Friday's round of attacks against anti-polio health workers in Pakistan resulted in the deaths of two policemen and a polio worker. Despite having come close to polio eradication numerous times in the past, Pakistan is still one of three countries…

These days, it seems that just about everyone is mad at America over its worldwide spy net. And amid new reports that the National Security Agency has been spying on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cell phone since 2002, it seems like the world at…

In his speech on Tuesday night, President Obama made an appeal to a largely skeptical American public to support the use of military force in Syria. And he did so, by evoking images that were sure to tug at all of our hearts — images of the Syrian…

Although Malala Yousafzai has been widely praised and celebrated by the international community for speaking out against the Taliban and advocating education for women and children, her celebrity has not been matched for some in her own country of…

As an elected government completes its full term and hands power over to another elected government for the first time in Pakistan’s relatively short history, it is safe to say that the nation is well on its way to becoming a functioning democracy.…

At least 25 Twitter users have been detained by Turkish police on charges of spreading propaganda and inciting demonstrations, as the country continues to protest violently against the government for a sixth day. The activists, who, according to…

With complaints of sexual harassment of women on public transportation on the rise in Beijing, the Chinese police have warned women against wearing “minimal clothing” such as mini-skirts or hot pants to avoid being subjected to unwanted groping or…