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Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama or Barack Obama as known widely (born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois,...

CIA – Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, with responsibility for providing national security...

Al Qaeda

Al Qaeda (Arabic: القاعدة‎, al-qāʿidah, Arabic: [ælˈqɑːʕɪdɐ], translation: “The Base” and alternatively spelled al-Qaida and sometimes al-Qa’ida) is a global Islamist organization founded by Osama bin Laden...

Aerial view of the site of avalanches where some 135 people including 124 Pakistani soldiers are missing on the Siachen Glacier - General Ashfaq Kiyani visiting the Siachen Avalanches Site - Photo Courtesy ISPR Handout

2012 Siachen Glacier avalanche

On 7 April 2012, an avalanche hit a Pakistani military base near the disputed Siachen Glacier, trapping at least 135 soldiers and civilian contractors under deep snow (See list below). It is the worst avalanche that the Pakistani military has...

Hafiz Mohammad Saeed

Hafiz Muhammad Saeed (Urdu: حافظ محمد سعید; born 1950) is the amir of Jama’at-ud-Da’wah, a charity organization that is widely considered to be a cover organization for Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), one of the largest and most...

Google Driverless Car

The Google Driverless Car is a project by Google that involves developing technology for driverless cars. The project is currently being led by Google engineer Sebastian Thrun, director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and...

Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy

Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy is a Pakistan’s filmmaker and producer who along with director Daniel Junge won the Academy Award for Saving Face, winner of Best Documentary (short subject) at the 84th Academy Awards. The award is a first for Ms. Obaid-Chinoy...