Pakistan: Teachers, clerks in Rawalpindi go on strike against changes to pension rules
Oct 13, 2023, at 03:20 am
Educational institutions and several government offices were left paralysed in Rawalpindi city in Pakistan recently after teachers and clerks went on strike over changes to pension rules.
Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks hit 1,417
Oct 13, 2023, at 03:06 am
Gaza/IBNS/UNI: The death toll of the Palestinians from the ongoing Israeli strikes on Gaza hit 1,417, while another 6,268 were wounded, according to the Gaza-based health ministry.
Pakistan: Hindu girl abducted, gang-raped and murdered in Cholistan
Oct 13, 2023, at 03:02 am
An 18-year-old Hindu girl has been allegedly abducted, gang-raped and murdered in Paksitan's Cholistan region, media reports said.
Pakistan: PoK residents demonstrate, defy oppression
Oct 13, 2023, at 02:51 am
People from all walks of life in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) recently took to the region's streets and demonstrated against a range of issues they have been grappling with for an extended period.
Israel destroys 752 residential buildings in Gaza
Oct 13, 2023, at 01:40 am
Gaza/IBNS/UNI: Israel destroyed about 752 residential buildings in its airstrikes on Gaza since Saturday, a Palestinian official said Thursday.
As long as America exists it will always be by Israel's side, Antony Blinken says in Tel Aviv
Oct 13, 2023, at 01:13 am
Washington/IBNS/UNI: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed on Thursday that the United States will always be by Israel’s side as he arrived in Tel Aviv in a show of support amid the escalating war with Hamas.
Israeli PM Netanyahu vows to decimate every Hamas member
Oct 12, 2023, at 11:50 pm
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to kill every member of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. However, the country has been asked to conduct the retaliatory action as per the “rules of the war”.
Israel was alerted by Egypt of a potential Hamas attack: US
Oct 12, 2023, at 11:02 pm
Washington: Israel was alerted by Egypt of a possible attack three days before Hamas' lethal cross-border assault, a US congressional panel chairman has said, AFP news agency reported.
Oct 12, 2023, at 10:22 pm
Jerusalem: Israeli Energy Minister Israel Katz Thursday said his country would cut off basic resources or humanitarian aid into Gaza until Hamas sets free all the people it took hostage during its surprise attack on Israel last Saturday
US Secretary of State Blinken embarks on trip to Israel in show of support amid war with Hamas
Oct 12, 2023, at 05:29 pm
Washington/UNI: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel and Jordan from October 11-13 in a show of support for the Jewish state amid its escalating war with Hamas.
Gaza Health Ministry says overnight Israeli airstrikes left 51 people dead
Oct 12, 2023, at 04:25 pm
Hamas-run health ministry has claimed Israel's overnight airstrikes have left 51 people dead and 281 hurt.
Israel-Palestine conflict: Death toll from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza rises to 1,100
Oct 12, 2023, at 04:13 pm
Gaza/UNI: The death toll of Palestinians from the ongoing Israeli airstrikes has reached 1,100, the Health Ministry in Gaza said in a statement on Wednesday.
'Not against free speech, but ....': Bill Ackman on not hiring students supporting Hamas anonymously
Oct 12, 2023, at 06:50 am
Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman has justified his stance of not hiring Harvard University students who support Hamas.
Canada donates more munitions to Ukraine including artillery shells, aircraft bombs
Oct 12, 2023, at 04:38 am
Toronto/IBNS: Canada is sending more munitions to Ukraine including artillery rounds and aircraft bombs, Defence Minister Bill Blair announced in Brussels on Wednesday at the 16th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group.
Oct 12, 2023, at 02:44 am
Gaza has lost all means of electricity after the only power station in the Palestinian enclave ran out of fuel and had to shut down, media reports said Wednesday evening.
Pakistan: Illegal immigrants directed to move to I-12 camps
Oct 12, 2023, at 12:15 am
Police in Islamabad Police have been directed to shift all illegal immigrants to camps set up for them at I-12 on a voluntary basis within 48 hours, media reports said.
Pakistan: Teachers of community schools seek salaries
Oct 12, 2023, at 12:06 am
The office-bearers of the All Basic Education Community Schools (BECS) Teachers Association of the merged area and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are protesting in Pakistan and demanding the government release salaries pending for the last 27 months.
Oct 11, 2023, at 11:48 pm
Baloch Voice Association, in collaboration with Baloch Peoples Congress and Voice for Baloch Missing Persons, organized two conferences within the United Nations during the 54th Human Rights Council Session with the aim of highlighting the severe human rights violations perpetrated in Balochistan by Pakistan.
PoK residents demand basic rights in region-wide protests
Oct 11, 2023, at 11:10 pm
A large section of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) residents recently demonstrated against a range of issues they have been grappling with for an extended period.
Gaza: Palestinian health ministry says death toll surges to 1,055 amid Israeli airstrike
Oct 11, 2023, at 11:07 pm
The Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza on Wednesday said 1055 people have died in the Gaza Strip ever since Israel launched an airstrike in the region.
UN chief proposes $3.3 billion budget for 2024
Oct 11, 2023, at 11:02 pm
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday introduced a $3.3 billion programme budget for the Organization in 2024, amidst an array of global challenges ranging from conflicts, human rights violations, inequalities, and climate disasters.
UN warns of heightened risk of genocide and atrocity crimes in Ethiopia
Oct 11, 2023, at 10:55 pm
Following reports of continued fighting between government troops and local militias in Ethiopia, the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide is sounding the alarm about the heightened risk of genocide and related atrocity crimes in the Tigray, Amhara, Afar and Oromi regions.
Israel-Palestine crisis has region ‘at a tipping point’: UN relief chief
Oct 11, 2023, at 10:46 pm
The top UN humanitarian official on Tuesday called for an end to the escalating violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, warning that “the whole region is at a tipping point.”
Pakistan: Under-construction building collapses in Karachi, three die
Oct 11, 2023, at 10:42 pm
An under-construction building in Pakistan's Karachi city collapsed on Wednesday which left at least three people dead.
Geneva protest: Activists describe BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami as “collaborators of terrorism”
Oct 11, 2023, at 10:38 pm
A group of Bangladeshi political activists, who are currently living in Europe, gathered near the ‘Broken Chair’ sculpture in front of the United Nations in Geneva to condemn the religious extremism and terrorism perpetrated by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami in the South Asian country.
Israel-Palestine conflict: Death toll in Israel touches 1200, 900 killed in Gaza
Oct 11, 2023, at 08:12 pm
The death toll in Israel over the conflict between Israel and Palestine touched 1,200 while more than 900 people were killed in the Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, media reports said.
UN: Over 123,000 internally displaced in Gaza amid ongoing Israeli attacks
Oct 11, 2023, at 07:17 pm
More than 123,000 people have been internally displaced in Gaza as a result of ongoing Israeli attacks, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Monday.
UK: Fire breaks out at terminal car park of London Luton Airport, flights suspended
Oct 11, 2023, at 03:16 pm
Britain's London Luton Airport suspended all flights late Tuesday after a terminal car park was hit by a large fire, local media reported.
Afghanistan: Another 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits Herat
Oct 11, 2023, at 02:52 pm
A second earthquake has hit Afghanistan's Herat region which experienced a magnitude 6.3 quake a few days ago that left over 2,000 people dead.
Haiti: $21 million appeal to help thousands displaced by gang violence
Oct 11, 2023, at 05:04 am
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Government of Haiti are appealing for $21 million to ensure better protection and shelter conditions for tens of thousands of newly displaced people in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince.