American Airlines plane drops 15,000 feet in 3 minutes, passengers say experience was 'scary'
Aug 14, 2023, at 03:21 am
New York: Passengers experienced scary moments on an American Airlines flight recently when the plane, which was headed to Florida, dropped over 15,000 feet in a matter of three minutes, media reports said.
Aug 14, 2023, at 01:37 am
Hundreds of people participated in the first 'Minority Rights March' at the Frere Hall area of Pakistan's Karachi city on Friday when they demanded an end to the practice of forced conversions.
Aug 14, 2023, at 01:28 am
Karachi: The convoy of Chinese engineers working on the Beijing-financed Gwadar Port in Pakistan was attacked by Majeed Brigade, the suicide squad belonging to the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), Associated Press reported on Sunday.
Pakistan: Hindu man allegedly picked up by police in Sindh, family claims he was assaulted
Aug 14, 2023, at 12:12 am
Mirpurkhas: A Hindu man was picked up by police from his home in Pakistan's Sindh region on Thursday, his family said on Sunday.
Hindu temple in Canada's British Columbia desecrated with pro-Khalistani posters
Aug 13, 2023, at 06:42 pm
A temple in Canada's British Columbia was on Saturday desecrated with anti-India and pro-Khalistan posters. The posters, a chilling reflection of extremist views, were audaciously put up on the temple’s front gate and rear wall.
China strongly condemns ‘transit’ of Taiwan’s Vice President Lai Ching-te through US
Aug 13, 2023, at 06:23 pm
Beijing/IBNS/UNI: China has expressed strong dissatisfaction over the transit of Taiwan’s vice president and presidential candidate Lai Ching-te through the United States and has strongly condemned Lai’s visit to the US, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
Eiffel Tower evacuated after bomb threat
Aug 13, 2023, at 01:20 am
Paris: The iconic Eiffel Tower in France’s capital Paris had to be evacuated on Saturday following a bomb threat, media reports said.
PoK: Gilgit-Baltistan’s Awami Action Committee demonstrate against poor infrastructure
Aug 13, 2023, at 12:32 am
Gilgit-Baltistan’s Awami Action Committee recently demonstrated in the Dambodas area of Gilgit-Baltistan’s Skardu against the poor infrastructure and bad condition of the roads in the region.
Pakistan: Balochistan protests against security forces for carrying out atrocities on civilians
Aug 13, 2023, at 12:14 am
Pakistan's Balochistan region recently witnessed protests as people demonstrated against the security forces for carrying out atrocities on civilians.
Pakistan: Senator Anwaarul Haq Kakar named as interim PM
Aug 12, 2023, at 10:48 pm
Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) Senator Anwaarul Haq Kakar was named as the interim prime minister of Pakistan on Saturday.
Ukraine: Military strengthening second line of defence on northern border
Aug 12, 2023, at 09:35 pm
Kyiv: The Ukrainian military is strengthening a second line of defence in the Rivne Region near the border with Belarus, filling it with traps against infantry and vehicles as well as planting mines near the Rivne nuclear power plant, Ukrainian media reported on Saturday.
Sudan: ‘Grim prediction’ now ‘harsh reality’ as hunger engulfs over 20 million
Aug 12, 2023, at 09:28 pm
New York: Dire predictions about escalating hunger in Sudan have tragically come true, as conflict-induced food scarcity has plunged 20.3 million people into severe acute hunger, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
UN welcomes release of five staff abducted last year in Yemen
Aug 12, 2023, at 09:24 pm
The United Nations on Friday welcomed the release of five of its security personnel in Yemen who had been held in captivity for more than a year.
International Youth Day: Battling the stigmatization of teen pregnancy in Thailand
Aug 12, 2023, at 09:19 pm
Young mothers in Thailand are receiving support to overcome the challenges they face in a country where teenage pregnancy is still taboo.
Aug 12, 2023, at 09:15 pm
Police in Bangladesh have recovered two bodies of newborns from a garbage pile close to Dhaka University’s Amar Ekushey Hall in the capital city, media reports said on Saturday.
Human Rights Watch slams Taliban for denying rights to women, girls for past two years
Aug 12, 2023, at 03:51 pm
Taliban authorities have tightened their extreme restrictions on the rights of women and girls and on the media since taking took control of Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.
Death toll in Hawaii wildfire touches 67
Aug 12, 2023, at 03:36 pm
The death toll due to the Hawaii wildfires has touched 67, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in the history of the region.
China: Two die, 16 missing after mudslide hits Xi'an
Aug 12, 2023, at 02:36 pm
Beijing: Two people are confirmed dead and 16 others are missing after torrential rains caused a rock and mudslide in the suburbs of Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Friday evening, local authorities said.
China not interested in space race: Foreign Minister
Aug 11, 2023, at 11:44 pm
Beijing: China is not interested in a space race and urges the US to stop baseless speculation around this topic, the Chinese Foreign Ministry told Sputnik on Friday.
UN condemns killing of presidential candidate in Ecuador
Aug 11, 2023, at 11:06 pm
New York: The United Nations has strongly condemned the assassination of a presidential candidate in Ecuador, urging authorities to investigate the crime.
Ethiopia: De-escalate tensions in Amhara, international rights experts urge
Aug 11, 2023, at 11:02 pm
An international human rights body focused on Ethiopia has voiced deep concerns over the worsening security situation in the northwest of the country, particularly in the Amhara region.
Niger: Guterres concerned about health and safety of detained President
Aug 11, 2023, at 10:23 pm
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has voiced concern about the reported “deplorable living conditions” of the President of Niger in arbitrary detention, his spokesperson said in a note to journalists published on Wednesday evening.
Manipur: Mass protests against rape of woman at Churachandpur
Aug 11, 2023, at 10:20 pm
Imphal: Women of Manipur staged sit-in protests on Friday against the alleged gangrape of a woman at Churachandpur during "Tribal Solidarity March" on May 3 last.
Aug 11, 2023, at 10:17 pm
Eucodorean authorities have said six people arrested in connection to the assassination of the country's presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio are Colombian nationals and gang members.
China: UN experts demand information on nine imprisoned human rights defenders
Aug 11, 2023, at 10:12 pm
UN-appointed independent rights experts have called on the Chinese Government to provide information about nine Tibetan human rights defenders serving prisoner sentences of up to 11 years.
Save lives, UN agencies appeal, after yet another tragedy in the Mediterranean
Aug 11, 2023, at 10:03 pm
Three UN agencies on Thursday appealed for greater access to safe and regular pathways for migration and asylum in the European Union after another deadly shipwreck claimed dozens of lives in the Mediterranean.
Lebanon: Vital UN refugee health centre reopens
Aug 11, 2023, at 08:58 pm
A UN health centre providing medical care to Palestine refugees at a camp in Lebanon reopened on Wednesday, as a ceasefire between opposing armed groups holds.
Guterres warns against nuclear catastrophe risk in message to Nagasaki memorial
Aug 11, 2023, at 08:41 pm
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for countries to recommit to eliminating nuclear weapons in his message to mark the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Nagasaki, observed on Wednesday.
Myanmar: Boat sinks in Bay of Bengal, 23 Rohingyas die
Aug 11, 2023, at 08:22 pm
Rescuers have found the bodies of 23 Rohingyas who were fleeing Myanmar’s Rakhine State, media reports said on Friday.
UN: Deal reached with Syria to reopen main border crossing from Türkiye
Aug 11, 2023, at 08:17 pm
New York: A deal has been reached with the Government of Syria to reopen the main border crossing from Türkiye to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid.