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Afghanistan: Kabul witnesses protest as Taliban bans women from attending universities

Dec 23, 2022, at 02:57 pm

Kabul: Thousands of women participated in Kabul city of Afghanistan on Thursday over the Taliban administration's decision to ban female students from attending universities.

Pakistan: Enraged people in Karachi lynch suspected robber as crime continues to spike

Dec 23, 2022, at 01:10 am

Karachi: Enraged people in Pakistan's Karachi city recently took law and order in their own hands and lynched a suspect on Monday, who shot a young man over resistance in the same Korangi area where a law student was killed one day ago for putting up resistance to bike snatchers.

Pakistan: Suicide blast rocks Miranshah, soldier dies

Dec 23, 2022, at 12:58 am

North Waziristan, Pakistan: A suicide blast occurred in North Waziristan in Miranshah town in Pakistan which left at least a soldier and two civilians dead, media reports said on Wednesday.

Pakistan’s poverty rate spikes by 35.7%

Dec 23, 2022, at 12:54 am

Islamabad: The poverty rate in Pakistan has spiked by 35.7 percent and the prices of edibles have increased by 20 to 31 percent, as per a Pakistani media report.

US House panel investigating Capitol riot delays release of final report

Dec 22, 2022, at 04:48 pm

Washington/UNI: The US House select committee investigating the Capitol riot of Jan 6, 2021 said that it will delay the release of its final report.

Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu says he has succeeded in forming coalition govt

Dec 22, 2022, at 04:41 pm

Jerusalem/UNI: Israel's Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he has succeeded in forming a new coalition government.

Joe Biden 'thrilled' to host Volodymyr Zelenskiy at White House

Dec 22, 2022, at 02:05 am

Washington/UNI: US President Joe Biden said he is "thrilled" to welcome Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the White House later on Wednesday.

Afghanistan: Taliban stopping female students from attending university after ban on higher education

Dec 22, 2022, at 01:23 am

Kabul: Afghan authorities have stopped letting female students attend universities following the decision of the Taliban (sanctioned by the UN for terrorism) to suspend higher education for women in the country, a female Afghan student told Sputnik on Wednesday.

Pakistan: Militants storm Wana police station, escape with arms

Dec 21, 2022, at 10:59 pm

South Waziristan: Dozens of terrorists entered a police station in Pakistan's   Wana town on Tuesday and escaped after looting arms and ammunition, media reports said on Wednesday.

Iran: US sanctions violating human rights of all living there, say UN experts

Dec 21, 2022, at 10:54 pm

New York: US sanctions on Iran are resulting in harm to the country’s environment and preventing everyone there - including migrants and Afghan refugees - from fully enjoying their rights to health and life, and contributing to other factors such as rising air pollution, UN-appointed independent experts said on Tuesday.

'Cameras have gone, but floodwater still there': Pakistan's foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto appeals for flood relief

Dec 21, 2022, at 08:58 pm

United Nations: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari appealed to the international community to maintain the flow of aid to help the South Asian nation's recovery from floods that ravaged the country ahead of a United Nations conference next month to mobilize funding, media reports said.

US House panel votes to release report on Trump's tax returns

Dec 21, 2022, at 08:55 pm

Washington/UNI: The US House Ways and Means Committee voted on Tuesday to release a report on former US President Donald Trump's tax returns.

Grant to UN Mission in Mali boosts inclusivity for women in peacekeeping

Dec 21, 2022, at 05:57 pm

New York: A $1.5 million grant to the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA, announced on Tuesday, is designed to enable a more inclusive environment for women blue helmets serving in the country, while also improving living conditions.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky visits frontline city of Bakhmut

Dec 21, 2022, at 05:53 pm

Kyiv/UNI: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the frontline city of Bakhmut in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, the presidential press service reported.

Elon Musk says he will step down as Twitter CEO only after finding ‘someone foolish enough’ as successor

Dec 21, 2022, at 03:40 pm

Washington: Twitter chief Elon Musk said he will quit as the CEO of the micro-blogging site only if he identifies a 'foolish' successor.

Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from attending universities

Dec 21, 2022, at 03:04 pm

Kabul: The Taliban administrators of Afghanistan have banned women from going to universities.

No compromise in engagement with world: Taliban Minister of Afghanistan

Dec 21, 2022, at 12:56 am

Kabul: Taliban Acting Minister of Vice and Virtue, Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, on Sunday, said the Afghanistan government is ready to engage with the international community, but the world should not seek any compromise with the caretaker government.

Pakistan: Three people gunned down in North Waziristan

Dec 21, 2022, at 12:07 am

North Waziristan: At least three people were killed as a car caught fire after unidentified gunmen attacked the vehicle in Pakistan's Khadri area on Friday,media reports said.

TTP attacking Pakistan from within its territory: Pakistan Taliban chief Noor Wali Mehsud

Dec 21, 2022, at 12:02 am

Islamabad: Pakistani Taliban leader Noor Wali Mehsud has said the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is  attacking Pakistan from “within its territory”.

Terrorists holed up in Bannu CTD compound killed, says Pakistan security forces

Dec 20, 2022, at 11:55 pm

Islamabad: Security forces have wrapped up  their 'search and kill' operation after gunning down the terrorists holding hostages inside the Counter-Terrorism Department’s (CTD) compound in Pakistan's Bannu region, media reports said.

Pakistan: IB sub-inspector gunned down in Peshawar

Dec 20, 2022, at 11:50 pm

Islamabad:  A Sub-Inspector of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) died when gunmen opened fire on him in Pakistan's Peshawar city on Monday, media reports said on Tuesday.

UN rights experts condemn attacks in UK on trafficking victims’ credibility

Dec 20, 2022, at 11:42 pm

New York: Demonising victims of trafficking and modern slavery, turns the public against them and legal methods for keeping them safe, leaving them vulnerable to extremist attacks, independent UN human rights experts warned today, urging the United Kingdom to step up its efforts to protect survivors.

UN envoy reports ‘sharp increase’ in violence this year in Israel-Palestine conflict

Dec 20, 2022, at 09:29 pm

New York: More than 150 Palestinians and over 20 Israelis have been killed in the West Bank and Israel so far in 2022 - the highest number of deaths in years, UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland told the Security Council on Monday.

EU member states agree gas price cap to contain energy crisis

Dec 20, 2022, at 05:01 pm

Brussels/UNI: The European Union (EU) member states have agreed to cap natural gas prices in the bloc at 180 euros (191 US dollars) per megawatt-hour (MWh) in an effort to ensure the security of energy supply, EU officials said here on Monday.

Pakistan: 13 injured as blast rocks Balochistan

Dec 20, 2022, at 02:42 pm

Quetta: A blast in Balochistan's Khuzdar city on Monday left 13 people injured, media reports said on Tuesday.

Netizens ask Elon Musk to step down as Twitter chief in poll conducted by him

Dec 19, 2022, at 11:46 pm

Washignton: Netizens have asked Elon Musk to step down as the Twitter Chief in a poll conducted by him on the micro-blogging site.

Canada: Five die in Vaughan shooting

Dec 19, 2022, at 11:34 pm

Toronto: At least five people died as a gunman opened fire at a block of flats in the Canadian city of Toronto on Sunday, police said.

China: Chongqing authorities say public sector employees testing positive for Covid-19 can go to work as 'normal'

Dec 19, 2022, at 11:03 pm

Chongqing: Authorities in the Chinese city of Chongqing have said public sector employees testing positive for Covid-19 can go to work “as normal".

Five dead, suspect killed in Toronto shooting

Dec 19, 2022, at 11:00 pm

Toronto/UNI: Five people were killed in a shooting incident in a condo unit in Vaughan, north of Toronto, local authorities said.

Pakistani agents robbing Afghanistan's cultural heritage: Reports

Dec 19, 2022, at 10:55 pm

Kabul: Pakistani agents are robbing the cultural heritage of Afghanistan by smuggling ancient idols and other artifacts from the nation which is currently ruled by the Taliban, media reports said.