QUAD meeting: Mike Pompeo slams Chinese Communist Party over 'COVID-19 coverup'
Oct 09, 2020, at 02:17 am
Tokyo: Participating in the QUAD meeting in Tokyo this week, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo targeted the Chinese Communist Party over the COVID-19 outbreak coverup.
PoK witnesses protests over demand to release 14 local men amid visit by Army Chief Bajwa
Oct 09, 2020, at 01:47 am
Hunza: Hunza region of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) recently witnessed demonstration as protesters demanded the release of 14 local men, including political leader Baba Jan, who were jailed in 2011 for 'inciting' people against the government, media reports said.
Release political activists: Demonstrators protest in Gilgit-Baltistan
Oct 09, 2020, at 01:27 am
Hunza: Gilgit-Baltistan region witnessed protest over the crackdown launched by the Pakistan administration against political activists of the region, media reports said on Thursday.
Ontario leads Canada by surpassing 4 million COVID-19 tests
Oct 08, 2020, at 03:35 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ontario continues to lead Canada since the beginning of the pandemic by surpassing four million COVID-19 tests, as well in its daily testing capacity, said Ontario Premier Doug Ford Oct 6 during his daily briefings.
Pakistan: Islamabad HC rejects petition seeking ban on Nawaz Sharif' speeches
Oct 08, 2020, at 03:12 am
Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has rejected a petition seeking a ban on PML-N supremo and Pakistan's former PM Nawaz Sharif's speeches.
Pakistan's drug habit is endangering the region, says analyst
Oct 08, 2020, at 02:27 am
Islamabad: Pakistan’s geographic location next to Afghanistan, the world’s largest producer of opium, places the country in a veritable front-row position in terms of drug trafficking, an activist said.
UNGA: 39 countries target China over its policy towards Hong Kong, Xinjiang
Oct 08, 2020, at 02:16 am
Geneva: As many as 39 nations have condemned China's policy towards people in Hong Kong and Xinjiang regions.
Beijing is carrying out 'cultural genocide' in Xinjiang
Oct 08, 2020, at 01:52 am
Beijing: China is carrying out a 'cultural genocide' in Xinjiang region where thousands of people are believed to be kept in concentration camps, according to an article in The Atlantic.
South Korea to legalize abortions within 14 weeks without reasons
Oct 07, 2020, at 10:11 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: South Korea has decided to amend the anti-abortion law with the right granted to a woman to terminate the pregnancy in the period within 14 weeks at her request without any reasons, the South Korean Ministry of Justice announced on Wednesday.
World Bank says Uzbekistan's economic outlook remains positive despite pandemic
Oct 07, 2020, at 09:53 pm
Tashkent/Xinhua: Uzbekistan will be one of only two states in Europe and Central Asia to demonstrate economic growth in 2020, according to the World Bank's Economic Update released Wednesday.
Report outlines long road to post-COVID recovery for Latin America and Caribbean
Oct 07, 2020, at 03:52 pm
New York: Economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean will be slower than the return to productivity following the subprime mortgage crisis more than a decade ago, the head of the UN’s office for the region, ECLAC, said on Tuesday.
Guterres regrets death in Kyrgyzstan, calls for dialogue to end violence
Oct 07, 2020, at 03:45 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General said on Tuesday that he was “closely monitoring” the situation in the Kyrgyz Republic, where protests erupted a day earlier in the aftermath of Sunday’s parliamentary elections.
DR Congo: Children suffering ‘unrelenting violence’, UNICEF deeply concerned
Oct 07, 2020, at 03:42 pm
New York: Thousands of children continue to suffer grievously as unrelenting violence persists across eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, expressing deep concern.
Starvation used as weapon of war in South Sudan conflict, UN rights body finds
Oct 07, 2020, at 03:38 pm
New York: Starvation is being intentionally used as a war tactic in South Sudan’s brutal conflict, a UN-backed human rights panel said on Tuesday, releasing its latest report on the country.
More action needed for seafarers, ‘collateral victims’ of measures to curb COVID-19
Oct 07, 2020, at 03:33 pm
New York: Highlighting an “unparalleled crisis” affecting hundreds of thousands of crew members and maritime workers reeling due to the impact of COVID-19, the UN has called on the business sector and others involved in the shipping industry to do more to address the plight of seafarers worlwide.
UN rights chief urges Iran to release jailed human rights defenders, citing COVID-19 risk
Oct 07, 2020, at 03:14 pm
New York: The top UN rights official has called on Iran to release imprisoned human rights defenders, lawyers and political prisoners, citing deep concerns over their situation and heightened risk of contracting COVID-19.
Ten al-Shabab militants killed in southern Somalia
Oct 07, 2020, at 02:45 pm
Mogadishu/Xinhua: Somali National Army (SNA) on Tuesday killed 10 al-Shabab militants including two senior officials after conducting operation in several locations near Barire town in Lower Shabelle region, southern Somalia, officials said.
Afghan police arrest 5 drug smugglers, destroy 2 heroin labs
Oct 07, 2020, at 02:37 pm
Kabul/Xinhua: The police have arrested five drug smugglers and destroyed two heroin labs in separate operations in Afghanistan, said a statement released by the Ministry of Interior Affairs on Tuesday.
Facebook, Instagram ban all QAnon-linked accounts - Statement
Oct 07, 2020, at 02:30 pm
Washington/Sputnik: Facebook and Instagram will immediately begin removing all accounts linked to the QAnon conspiracy theory movement, the company said in a statement.
Canada: Quebec joins COVID-19 Alert app, few provinces resist
Oct 07, 2020, at 01:20 am
Quebec/IBNS: Canadian province Quebec's joining in the COVID-19 Alert app, and Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island (PEI)'s commitment to join it in the coming days, has left British Columbia (B.C.), and Alberta as the only remaining provinces with no immediate plans to activate the digital app, media reports said.
UN condemns deadly suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan
Oct 06, 2020, at 11:34 pm
New York: The United Nations has strongly condemned Saturday’s suicide attack on a government building in Nangarhar province, eastern Afghanistan, and underlined that the perpetrators must be brought to justice.
Assad confirms Turkey deploys Terrorists from Syria, other countries to Fight in Karabakh
Oct 06, 2020, at 11:10 pm
Damascus/Sputnik: Syrian President Bashar Assad told Sputnik that Damascus had enough "indicators" to be convinced that Turkey had deployed terrorists from Syria and other countries to Nagorno-Karabakh, where armed conflict between the Armenian forces and Azerbaijan has been ongoing for over a week now, the same way in which Ankara did in Syria and Libya.
WHO says Russia shared data on phase I, II clinical trials of COVID-19 Vaccine Sputnik V
Oct 06, 2020, at 11:03 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Russia has shared with the World Health Organization (WHO) the data obtained during phase I and II of the clinical trials of its Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, an adviser at the WHO's Western Pacific Regional Office said on Tuesday.
Sheikh Hasina to lead global leaders at CVF Event
Oct 06, 2020, at 10:55 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh along with Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) will host the virtual Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) Leaders’ Event on Wednesday at 1900 hours.
Oct 06, 2020, at 09:50 pm
The 2020 Nobel Prize for physics was awarded to scientists Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Gheza on Tuesday.
Canada: Baloch activists protest against Pakistani atrocities
Oct 06, 2020, at 03:57 pm
Toronto: Canadian Baloch rights activists recently demonstrated against atrocities by Pakistan in Balochistan.
Afghanistan's Nangarhar car bomb blast: ISI link suspected
Oct 06, 2020, at 03:53 pm
Kabul: There might be a link between the car bomb explosion in the Nangarhar region of Afghanistan and Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence, media reports said.
UN chief condemns continuing escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh
Oct 06, 2020, at 03:49 pm
New York: The United Nations Secretary-General has condemned the continuing escalation of violence in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, reminding all sides of their obligations under international humanitarian law to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure.
Nearly 50,000 Brazilian tourism businesses close due to COVID-19
Oct 06, 2020, at 03:45 pm
Rio de Janeiro/Xinhua: Brazil's tourism sector lost 49,900 businesses from March to August due to the COVID-19 pandemic, accounting for 16.7 percent of pre-pandemic tourism businesses, the National Confederation of Trade in Goods, Services and Tourism (CNC) said on Monday.
Put peace in Libya first, UN chief urges summit on war-shattered nation
Oct 06, 2020, at 03:31 pm
New York: A “rare opportunity” for peace in Libya should be seized by all those involved directly or indirectly in the conflict, António Guterres said on Monday, at a High-Level virtual meeting convened to end the fighting.