Jun 26, 2023, at 05:08 am
Sindh Police in Pakistan have recorded a distressing 913 cases of violence registered against children and women in the first four months of the year.
Pakistan: One killed, 11 injured in house attack
Jun 26, 2023, at 04:35 am
Islamabad: At least one person was killed and 11 others injured on Sunday in an attack on a house in Bannu district of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police told media.
Sikh shopkeeper brutally shot in Pakistan
Jun 26, 2023, at 04:27 am
On a bustling street in Peshawar, the rhythmic chaos of daily life was shattered by a single gunshot.
Botswana: 49 cars catch fire at racing event
Jun 26, 2023, at 02:02 am
Gaborone: About 49 vehicles caught fire at Jwaneng mining town around 1:30 p.m. local time on Sunday in southern Botswana, where the owners were attending the 2023 Toyota Desert Race.
Pakistan: Mishap on Mehran Highway near Nawabshah leaves seven people dead
Jun 26, 2023, at 01:45 am
Nawabshah: At least seven people died and 42 others were injured in a head-on collision between two passenger coaches on the Mehran Highway near Nawabshah region of Pakistan, media reports said.
Canada remembers victims of Air India `Kanishka’ 1985 bombing
Jun 26, 2023, at 01:34 am
The City of Mississauga office on Friday observed the 38th anniversary of the 1985 terrorist attack on Air India Flight by lowering its flags at half-mast.
Taiwan urges Australia to send military attache to Taiwan
Jun 26, 2023, at 12:14 am
Taipei: Taiwan is calling on Australia to send a military attache to the island so that both sides can share their assessment of the situation with China, Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu told The Australian newspaper on Sunday.
Russia to drop case against Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin after peace deal brokered by Belarus
Jun 25, 2023, at 07:26 pm
Moscow: Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner private military group, who led an armed mutiny against the military leadership in Moscow, would depart for Belarus, and the criminal case against him would be dismissed.
US: Two dead, over dozen injured in Michigan shooting
Jun 25, 2023, at 06:20 pm
Washington DC: At least two people lost their lives and more than a dozen were injured in a shooting at a street party in Saginaw, located in the US state of Michigan, local police said on Sunday.
US Secretary of State Blinken discusses events in Russia with Polish FM
Jun 25, 2023, at 03:53 pm
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has discussed the situation involving the Wagner Group private military company (PMC) and its head Yevgeny Prigozhin with Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau over the phone, US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said.
PMC Wagner members leaving Russia’s Rostov, headed for field camps, governor says
Jun 25, 2023, at 03:29 pm
Moscow: Members of the Wagner Group private military company (PMC) have left Russia’s Rostov and are headed for field camps, Rostov regional Governor Vasily Golubev says.
Jun 25, 2023, at 02:56 pm
Minsk (Belarus): The head of the Wagner Group private military company (PMC), Yevgeny Prigozhin has accepted the proposal of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to stop the movement of Wagner troops in Russia and take further steps to de-escalate the situation, the Belarusian presidential office said on Saturday.
China's domestic helper agency warns against labour shortage trouble amid population decline
Jun 25, 2023, at 12:34 am
China’s largest online domestic helper agency, Swan Daojia, has said labor shortage will remain a major hurdle for the country in the upcoming days.
European Council chief says in touch with EU, G7 leaders over situation in Russia
Jun 25, 2023, at 12:30 am
Moscow: European Council President Charles Michel said on Saturday he was closely following the situation in Russia and was in contact with European Union leaders and G7 partners.
Libya crypto-mine raid: 10 Chinese national arrested
Jun 25, 2023, at 12:25 am
Public prosecutors in the Libyan city of Zliten have arrested 10 Chinese nationals for allegedly setting an illegal crypto-mining operation in a disused iron factory on the western coast of Libya, media reports said.
Chinese-linked fraudulent activities: Two Nepali citizens arrested
Jun 25, 2023, at 12:16 am
Police have arrested two Nepali people for luring people with job opportunities, sending them to Laos, and engaging them in fraudulent activities, media reports said.
South Africa: 31 suspected illegal miners die in mine
Jun 24, 2023, at 11:00 pm
Cape Town: At least 31 suspected illegal miners were believed to have died at an old mine in the Free State province of South Africa, authorities said.
Russia: Vladimir Putin orders neutralization of Wagner rebellion organizers
Jun 24, 2023, at 10:01 pm
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday ordered the Russian Armed Forces to neutralize those who organized the armed rebellion of the Wagner private military group.
One killed, 3 injured by gunmen in Pakistan
Jun 24, 2023, at 03:45 pm
Islamabad: One man was killed, and three others were injured in an attack in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday, local police said.
China: Six dead, 2 injured in highway rear-end collisions
Jun 24, 2023, at 03:33 pm
Hangzhou: Six people were killed and two slightly injured after five vehicles waiting for the green light got rear-ended at a highway intersection in east China's Zhejiang Province on Friday afternoon, said local public security authorities.
Ukraine: Air raid warnings issued in Kiev, multiple regions
Jun 24, 2023, at 03:26 pm
Moscow: Air raid sirens went off in several regions of Ukraine, including Kiev, late on Friday night, according to air raid data from the country’s Ministry of Digital Transformation.
Afghanistan: Shopkeepers in Kabul say sales remain low ahead of Eid
Jun 24, 2023, at 02:32 pm
A shopkeeper in Kabul has said on the eve of Eid al-Adha sales of goods remain low.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police releases names of Manitoba highway crash victims
Jun 24, 2023, at 05:15 am
Dauphin(MB)/IBNS: The names of the 16 people who died in a crash involving a semi-truck and a minibus on the Trans-Canada Highway a week ago have reportedly been released by Manitoba RCMP.
Jun 24, 2023, at 03:11 am
After Titanic director James Cameron accused OceanGate Expeditions of ignoring safety warnings, former business partner of the Titan submersible pilot Stockton Rush, Guillermo Soehnlein, Friday said that they put safety first when they co-founded their deep-sea exploration company.
Pakistan: Punjab faces 27 percent water scarcity in Kharif crop season
Jun 24, 2023, at 12:27 am
Lahore: The Punjab government is putting efforts to allocate its shares to South Punjab amid ongoing shortage of water in the Kharif season, media reports said.
Jun 23, 2023, at 11:42 pm
Ottawa: The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) has warned Canadians are being unwittingly recruited online by Chinese intelligence officers to spy for Beijing.
Health data, women’s and LGBT rights in spotlight at Human Rights Council
Jun 23, 2023, at 11:27 pm
New York: The right to keep personal health data private is increasingly under threat in our digital world, with potentially devastating consequences for already vulnerable people, a UN-appointed independent rights expert told the Human Rights Council on Thursday.
Agencies join forces with deminers to reclaim agricultural land in Ukraine
Jun 23, 2023, at 11:21 pm
New York: Ukraine’s severely damaged agricultural sector will receive a boost from two UN agencies they announced on Thursday, partnering with a Swiss mine action foundation to help make land safe and productive again amidst the ongoing Russian invasion.
China publishes white list of deep fake providers
Jun 23, 2023, at 11:18 pm
China recently released the first list of approved suppliers of “deep fake” technology as authorities are trying to bring the rapidly evolving technology under the national security umbrella, media reports said.
Financial system must evolve in ‘giant leap towards global justice’: Guterres
Jun 23, 2023, at 11:11 pm
Developing countries are buckling under high debt and exorbitant borrowing costs, that prevent them from reviving their economies, UN chief António Guterres said on Thursday.