140 aid workers killed in 2021 as UN humanitarian funding gap looms larger than ever – OCHA
Aug 13, 2022, at 05:58 pm
New York: The United Nations humanitarian agency (OCHA) warned on Friday that at nearly $34 billion, the funding shortfall for aid operations is the biggest it’s ever been.
Ahmadiyya community man stabbed to death in Pakistan
Aug 13, 2022, at 03:01 pm
Islamabad: An unidentified man stabbed to death a man belonging to the Ahmadiyya community in Chenab Nagar area of Pakistan, media reports said on Saturday.
Salman Rushdie on ventilator: Reports
Aug 13, 2022, at 02:45 pm
After six years under police protection and living in safe houses, author Salman Rushdie appears in London in his first pre-announced public appearance since the fatwa was issued. Rushdie, who was attacked at an event in the US city of New York on Friday, is currently on a ventilator. "Salman will likely lose one eye; the nerves in his arm were severed; and his liver was stabbed and damaged," his agent said, quoted BBC.
Pakistan: Unknown gunmen kill three teen friends in Swabi
Aug 13, 2022, at 05:03 am
Swabi, Pakistan: Unknown gunmen were suspected to have killed three teen friends and their bodies were recovered from a graveyard in Swabi region of Pakistan on Monday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Powerloom workers’ protest continues in Faisalabad
Aug 13, 2022, at 05:01 am
Toba Tek Singh, Pakistan: The sit-in of powerloom workers of the Sadhar industrial sector took place for the ninth straight day on Wednesday at Faisalabad’s Airport Chowk in Pakistan after the deadlock continued between powerloom workers and owners over increasing wages of workers as per the notification of the government.
Pakistan: Bomb, grenade attacks in Khuzdar and Noshki leaves one killed
Aug 13, 2022, at 04:58 am
Khuzdar, Pakistan: In grenade and bomb attacks in Pakistan's Khuzdar and Noshki areas have left one person dead and 10 others, including a woman, hurt, media reports said on Friday.
Analysts believe Taiwan Strait drills shed light on some of China’s tactics for seizing island
Aug 13, 2022, at 04:50 am
Beijing: Military analysts believe that the recent drills which mainland China conducted against Taiwan exposed part of Beijing’s strategy for seizing control of the island.
China's Me Too: Screenwriter Zhou Xiaoxuan vows not to give up after court rejects appeal
Aug 13, 2022, at 04:45 am
Beijing: Zhou Xiaoxuan, who was the first Chinese woman to be at the centre of the landmark China’s #MeToo movement case, has decided not to give up after a court rejected her appeal for an apology and damages, media reports said on Saturday.
Nepal Airlines starts facing loss as imported Chinese planes begin to rust
Aug 13, 2022, at 04:40 am
Kathmandu: A batch of Chinese aircrafts, which Nepal had imported from Beijing, have been sitting on the ground for more than two years and gathering rust, media reports said on Friday.
Author Salman Rushdie attacked on stage at New York event
Aug 13, 2022, at 03:06 am
New York/IBNS: Author Salman Rushdie was attacked at an event in the US city of New York on Friday just as he was about to give a lecture, media reports said.
Blast kills 2, injures 3 in Afghan capital Kabul
Aug 13, 2022, at 01:21 am
Kabul/UNI: A renowned religious scholar and his brother were killed, and three others wounded in a blast at a seminary in the Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday, police said Friday.
‘Very alarming’ conditions at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, IAEA chief warns
Aug 12, 2022, at 11:13 pm
New York: The situation at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has deteriorated rapidly to the point of becoming “very alarming,” Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi warned the Security Council on Thursday afternoon.
Afghanistan: Humanitarian assistance has saved lives, but immense needs remain
Aug 12, 2022, at 11:02 pm
New York: Despite an unprecedented scale-up in assistance in Afghanistan over the past year, immense needs still exist and the future looks bleak, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Thursday.
‘Catastrophic’ drought displaces one million in Somalia, world asked to ‘step up’ support
Aug 12, 2022, at 10:18 pm
New York: A devastating drought in Somalia has reached unprecedented levels, leaving one million people within the country currently registered as displaced, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Thursday.
Ukraine: UN chief appeals for end to military activities at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant
Aug 12, 2022, at 10:12 pm
New York: Military activities around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant in Ukraine must stop immediately, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday, warning of the potential danger to the area and beyond amid ongoing shelling.
Young workers have been hit hardest by COVID fallout, says UN labour agency
Aug 12, 2022, at 10:05 pm
New York: The number of young people globally who can’t find a job this year is set to reach 73 million – that’s a full six million more than before COVID-19 – the UN labour agency said on Thursday.
Ukraine grain export deal off to ‘a very good start’ – UN interim Coordinator
Aug 12, 2022, at 09:40 pm
New York: Under the Black Sea Initiative so far, 12 vessels have been “authorized to depart the Ukrainian ports,” the acting UN coordinator for the grain deal told UN journalists in New York on Wednesday.
UN trade body calls for halting cryptocurrency rise in developing countries
Aug 12, 2022, at 09:17 pm
New York: The UN trade and development body, UNCTAD, has called for action to curb cryptocurrencies in developing nations, in three policy briefs published on Wednesday.
Dozens missing after migrant boat sinks in Aegean Sea – UNHCR
Aug 12, 2022, at 09:10 pm
New York: Dozens of people are said to be missing after a boat of migrants and refugees sank in the Aegean Sea on Wednesday off the Greek island of Karpathos, according to the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.
Sri Lanka: Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrives in Thailand
Aug 12, 2022, at 08:29 pm
Colombo: Ex-Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled his nation last month amid protests, arrived in Thailand on Thursday, media reports said.
Children with disabilities disproportionately impacted by war in Ukraine
Aug 12, 2022, at 08:13 pm
New York: The current humanitarian crisis stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is having “a disproportionate impact” on persons with disabilities, especially children in institutions there, four UN-appointed independent human rights experts said on Thursday.
Pakistan: Militancy returns to Swat Valley
Aug 12, 2022, at 07:38 pm
Islamabad: Militancy appears to be returning to the Swat Valley in Pakistan, the media reported on Friday.
US: Armed man attempts to breach FBI office, flees
Aug 12, 2022, at 03:20 pm
Washington: An armed suspect attempted to breach an FBI office in Cincinnati, Ohio, but fled after an alarm went off and FBI special agents responded to the breach, the field office said on Thursday.
Aug 12, 2022, at 02:47 pm
Kabul: A prominent Afghanistan cleric, who supported Taliban and favoured girl education, died in a suicide blast at his madressah in Kabul city on Thursday.
Aug 12, 2022, at 03:41 am
Toronto/IBNS: A legislation dubbed the ‘Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act’, was introduced by the Ontario government on Thursday that would give the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa more responsibility to deliver on shared provincial-municipal priorities including the power to hire and fire department heads, single-handedly propose the municipal budget, and veto bylaws related to matters of provincial authority, approved by council.
Canada: Ontario court settlement reclassifies volunteers as employees, sets new precedent
Aug 12, 2022, at 03:33 am
Ottawa/IBNS: An Ontario court has approved a settlement between the organizations that ran student travel excursions and former trip leaders who argued they were not paid as employees after more than four years after the class action lawsuit was launched.
Kim Jong Un 'seriously ill' during North Korea Covid outbreak, reveals sister
Aug 12, 2022, at 03:22 am
Pyongyang/IBNS: Kim Jong Un's sister revealed that the North Korean leader suffered from a "high fever" during a recent Covid-19 outbreak in the country, reports said.
400 private schools close in Afghanistan
Aug 11, 2022, at 11:23 pm
Kabul/IBNS: More than 400 private schools in Afghanistan have closed their doors due to reasons like economic problems, reported a local television channel Tolonews on Thursday.
UK Parliament closes its TikTok account amid risk of data being passed to Chinese govt
Aug 11, 2022, at 04:26 am
London: The UK Parliament has shut down its TikTok account after MPs raised concerns about the risk of data being passed to the Chinese government, media reports said on Wednesday.
China's threat to Taiwan is more serious than ever: Taiwanese Foreign Minister
Aug 11, 2022, at 04:19 am
Taipei: Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu has said China's threat to Taiwan is more serious than ever but his nation is prepared to protect freedom and democracy.