Pakistan has a close relationship with both Saudi Arabia and Qatar and has a lot to lose if the dispute drags on or turns violent.
Pakistan is stuck in the middle of Qatar controversy
FILE -- In this Dec. 21, 2016 file photo, Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, inspects Bosnian Army honor guard during the visit to Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. On Thursday, April 20, 2017, Pakistan's top court is to deliver a much-awaited decision on corruption allegations against members of Sharif's family, a decision that could determine his political future. If the Supreme Court announces punitive measures against Sharif or his family members as part of the decision, it may lead to a serious crisis in government. (AP Photo/Amel Emric, File)
Blogger honored by US first lady, now charged in Vietnam
Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, known as Mother Mushroom, is jailed under a propaganda law critics say is designed to suppress dissent.
Are Britain’s young voters getting their revenge for Brexit?
Pollsters estimate that up to 72 percent of young voters went to the polls last week and most voted for the left-wing Labour party.
Sorry Taiwan, China is Panama’s new BFF
A worker talks on a walkie talkie as cargo ship named Cosco Houston, navigates through Cocoli locks during a test of the new set of locks of the Panama Canal expansion project on the Pacific side in Cocoli, on the outskirts of Panama City, Panama June 23, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso - RTX2HVNC
After a century-long diplomatic friendship, Panama is dropping Taiwan in favor of China, the second biggest investor in the Panama Canal.
China is ‘soft-powering’ it through Hollywood
FILE - In this July 8, 2015 file photo, the main gate to Paramount Studios is seen on Melrose Avenue, in Los Angeles. Paramount Pictures said it has inked a co-financing deal with two Chinese companies for the Hollywood studio's slate of movies over the next three years, in a statement released Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
China’s out to win friends and influence people worldwide and Tinseltown is one of the avenues it’s using to achieve that goal.
For international students, US culture shock and sharing
Wissem Gamra is Yale’s first undergraduate from Tunisia in the school’s 317-year history and he’s eager to learn about American culture, while also teaching a little about his own.