Bangladesh: Chinese contractor booked in Dhaka crash
Aug 17, 2022, at 12:17 am
Dhaka: Police have filed a case against the contractor and crane operator for a crash here on Monday which crushed five persons to death and injured two inside a car.
Pakistan : 2 policemen guarding anti-polio team shot dead
Aug 16, 2022, at 11:11 pm
Islamabad/Xinhua/UNI: Two policemen were killed in firing by unknown gunmen in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, according to police officials on Tuesday.
Humanitarian funding still needed for ‘pure catastrophe’ situation in Afghanistan
Aug 16, 2022, at 09:25 pm
Although $4.4 billion is required to fund humanitarian operations in Afghanistan, $1.8 billion has been received so far, or roughly 40 per cent, a senior UN official told journalists in New York on Monday, warning of the dire consequences as winter approaches.
Mali: Security situation deteriorates, human rights concerns rise
Aug 16, 2022, at 09:13 pm
New York: UN troop rotations in the peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) resumed on Monday with a new approval mechanism one month after they were suspended by the ruling junta, which accused 49 Ivorian soldiers of entering the country without permission.
Yemen: UN envoy underscores need to ‘end the conflict, not merely manage it’
Aug 16, 2022, at 09:09 pm
New York: The Security Council has a joint responsibility to help Yemen take the “necessary and decisive steps towards peace,” the country’s UN Special Envoy told the ambassadors on Monday.
UN agencies recommitment to women, girls in Afghanistan one year after Taliban takeover
Aug 16, 2022, at 09:05 pm
A year of Taliban rule in Afghanistan has led to a deterioration in the lives of women and girls, affecting all aspects of their human rights, three UN agencies reported on Monday.
Pakistan: Passenger bus collides with oil tanker, 20 die
Aug 16, 2022, at 03:22 pm
At least 20 people died and six others were hurt when a passenger bus collided with an oil tanker on the Multan-Sukkur Motorway (M-5) in Pakistan on Tuesday, media reports said.
Pakistani artist creates special video, posts on Internet to wish Indians on I-Day
Aug 15, 2022, at 11:15 pm
Indians, who are celebrating their 75th Independence Day on Monday, received a special wish from Pakistan as artist Siyal Khan posted a video on Twitter playing the Indian National Anthem on Rabab, winning hearts across the internet.
Bangladesh: Fire at polythene factory brought under control
Aug 15, 2022, at 08:34 pm
Dhaka: A fire, which broke out at a polythene factory in Old Dhaka's Chawkbazar area, has been brought under control, media reports said on Monday.
JK Rowling receives online threat over Salman Rushdie tweet, account believed to be from Pakistan
Aug 15, 2022, at 04:01 pm
London: Police have started investigating an online threat to writer JK Rowling after she tweeted in support of Salman Rushdie who was attacked during an event in New York last week.
Pakistan: 35 sustain bullet injuries amid Independence Day celebration in Karachi
Aug 15, 2022, at 03:13 pm
Karachi: As many as 35 people, including five women, sustained bullet injuries during Pakistan's Independence Day celebration in Karachi city on Sunday, media reports said.
Ahmadi man stabbed to death in Pakistan over 'religious differences'
Aug 15, 2022, at 03:13 am
Lahore: An Ahmadi man was stabbed to death in Pakistan's Chenabnagar region over ‘religious differences’ on Friday, media reports said on Sunday.
Egypt: Fire breaks out in church, 41 dies
Aug 15, 2022, at 01:10 am
Cairo: At least 41 people died and over 10 others were hurt when a fire broke out at a church in Giza's Imbaba neighborhood in greater Cairo on Sunday, media reports said.
Ousted Pakistan PM Imran Khan's PTI hires firm to ‘improve image’ in US
Aug 15, 2022, at 12:47 am
Washington: Former PM Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) US chapter has hired a public relations firm to improve its image in the United States.
Popular writer Salman Rushdie taken off ventilator, able to talk again
Aug 15, 2022, at 12:19 am
New York: Popular writer Salman Rushdie, who was attacked during an event here recently, has been taken off a ventilator and can even talk again.
Armenia: One person dies as explosion rocks Yerevan market
Aug 14, 2022, at 11:29 pm
Yerevan: At least one person died and 20 others were hurt as a large explosion hit the Armenian capital of Yerevan on Sunday.
Pakistan: Political activists, opposition leaders observe I-Day as Black Day
Aug 14, 2022, at 10:59 pm
Islamabad: A certain section of people, political activists and opposition leaders observed the 75th Independence Day of Pakistan as 'Black Day' when they showed dissatisfaction with the government.
Pakistan: Two Pakistan Army soldiers die during terror attack in Balochistan
Aug 14, 2022, at 10:36 pm
Quetta: At least two Pakistan Army soldiers died when unidentified terrorists raided a post of security forces in the Harnai area of Balochistan on Saturday night, media reports said on Sunday.
Salman Rushdie off ventilator, attacker Hadi Matar pleads 'not guilty'
Aug 14, 2022, at 04:31 pm
New York: British-American author Salman Rushdie was taken off the ventilator on Saturday night as he remained hospitalised with serious injuries after being stabbed at a literary event in New York on Aug 12, media reports said.
Aug 14, 2022, at 03:17 am
Karachi, Pakistan: Pakistan might be witnessing a shortage of medicines as a tug of war between pharmaceutical manufacturers and the drug regulatory body is threatening to turn into a crisis after a decision was taken by local companies to stop the production of several drugs.
Pakistan govt creating ‘contingency plan’ to tackle TTP resurgence
Aug 14, 2022, at 03:14 am
Islamabad: The Pakistani government is planning to create a ‘contingency plan’ to deal with a potential resurgence of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
China publishes its first white paper on Taiwan in more than two decades
Aug 14, 2022, at 03:07 am
Beijing: Triggering a new conflict, China has published its first white paper on Taiwan in more than two decades, offering as a blueprint for unification of the “one country, two systems” model that it used to recover Hong Kong a quarter of a century ago.
Hadi Matar: Anatomy of an attack on Salman Rushdie and its aftermath
Aug 14, 2022, at 02:16 am
Twentyfour-year-old Hadi Matar has been confirmed as the attacker of British-American author Salman Rushdie on Aug 12 on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution, New York, even as the resident of New Jersey who seemed to be an Islamist and sympathetic to Iran is hailed by a section of his community as a hero.
Chinese companies facing ire in Kenya over discriminatory behaviour
Aug 14, 2022, at 01:40 am
Nairobi: Kenyans feel that Chinese investment to the nation brings racism and discrimination, media reports said on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Four people, including two Taliban members, wounded in Kabul blast
Aug 14, 2022, at 12:25 am
Kabul: At least four people, including two members of the Taliban forces, were wounded in a blast which occurred close to an electronic identity center in PD 13 of capital Kabul on Saturday, media reports said.
One person dies, 17 hurt due to stage collapse during music festival in Spain
Aug 13, 2022, at 11:29 pm
Madrid: At least one person died and 17 others sustained injuries after a stage collapsed due to strong wind at a music festival in the Spanish autonomous community of Valencia, the local emergency coordination center said on Saturday.
Literary icons react to Salman Rushdie getting stabbed onstage
Aug 13, 2022, at 08:46 pm
New York/IBNS: Stalwarts in the literary world are in dismay after the incident of author Salman Rushdie being attacked on stage during an event in New York.
Salman Rushdie on ventilator, may lose an eye: Report
Aug 13, 2022, at 08:38 pm
New York/UNI: Celebrated author Salman Rushdie, whose "Satanic Verses" drew death threats in the 1980s, is on ventilator after a New York stabbing incident.
‘Immensely bleak’ future for Afghanistan unless massive human rights reversal, experts warn
Aug 13, 2022, at 06:06 pm
New York: The international community must dramatically increase efforts to urge the de facto authorities in Afghanistan to adhere to basic human rights principles, a group of UN independent rights experts said on Friday.
UN chief’s Youth Day message: People of all ages need to ‘join forces’ for a better world
Aug 13, 2022, at 06:02 pm
New York: International Youth Day celebrates “the power of partnerships across generations,” the UN chief said in his message for the day.