Afghanistan: Taliban prevents beardless government employees entry to Ministry of Finance office
Mar 30, 2022, at 02:16 am
Kabul: The Taliban members recently prevented beardless government employees from entering the Ministry of Finance building, media reports said.
Russian troops withdrawing from Kyiv, Chernihiv: Ukraine
Mar 30, 2022, at 12:54 am
Kyiv/UNI: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has claimed that "certain units" of Russia's military are withdrawing from battlefronts in the capital, Kyiv, and from the northern city of Chernihiv.
Entrepreneurship, investment key to achieving SDGs and resilient post-pandemic recovery
Mar 29, 2022, at 11:45 pm
A United Nations forum opened in Dubai today, spotlighting entrepreneurship, innovation, and investment in a post-pandemic recovery as vehicles to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Consensus emerging on many issues, UN’s Sudan envoy tells Security Council
Mar 29, 2022, at 11:41 pm
New York: The United Nations envoy for Sudan told the Security Council today that consensus has emerged on many issues towards establishing a functional government, warning that Khartoum could lose out on billions of external aid without such an administration.
Mar 29, 2022, at 11:27 pm
New York: The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General on Monday called on countries in Asia and the Pacific to speed up the shift from fossil fuels to new, low-carbon development models, in a just and inclusive way.
Growing risk of Somalia famine, as drought impact worsens
Mar 29, 2022, at 11:20 pm
New York: The Horn of Africa is experiencing the worst drought since 1981, and a shortfall in aid funding is putting the lives of millions of Somalis in danger.
UN’s Bachelet hails ‘millions of voices’ tackling racial discrimination
Mar 29, 2022, at 11:13 pm
New York: More than two decades after the signing of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (PoA) – the UN’s blueprint to tackle racism and other forms of discrimination –UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday, hailed the “millions of voices around the globe” who’ve made it their mission to eradicate the scourge, while also noting that more work needs to be done.
Farmers in northern Haiti dig for resilience
Mar 29, 2022, at 11:05 pm
New York: Farmers in the north of Haiti are working to build their resilience to extreme weather patterns in an attempt to better protect themselves from the loss of property and crops that often result from natural disasters.
Ukraine invasion: Guterres appeals for ‘immediate humanitarian ceasefire’
Mar 29, 2022, at 10:58 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General appealed for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine on Monday, so that “serious political negotiations” can advance towards a peace agreement, based on the principles of the United Nations Charter.
Guterres welcomes consultations to protect civilians caught in urban conflict
Mar 29, 2022, at 10:27 pm
New York: The Secretary-General on Monday welcomed consultations due to begin next week, on a political declaration to protect civilians living in cities and towns who come under fire from heavy bombing and shelling.
Libya detention centres remain places of violations and abuse: experts
Mar 29, 2022, at 10:22 pm
New York: Many of Libya’s migrant detention centres remain places of terrible and systematic abuse, that may amount to crimes against humanity, top rights investigators said on Monday.
UN analysis shows link between lack of vaccine equity and widening poverty gap
Mar 29, 2022, at 10:08 pm
New Delhi: New analyses released by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), show that only a tiny proportion of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in developing countries, leading to a widening gap between rich and poor.
Afghanistan Crisis: Taliban arrests three journalists in Kandahar
Mar 29, 2022, at 02:59 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan Journalists Union has said the Taliban government arrested three journalists of the local Milat Ghag radio station in the southeastern Kandahar province of the violence-hit country.
Debt management issue: UNCTAD lists Pakistan among vulnerable countries
Mar 29, 2022, at 02:40 pm
Islamabad: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on Monday listed Pakistan as one of the countries which is vulnerable regarding the management of its debt following rise in fuel and food prices in the country, aggravated by the war in Ukraine, Express Tribune reported on Monday.
Mar 29, 2022, at 02:18 pm
Kabul: Supreme leader of the Taliban Mullah Hebtullah Akhundzada has directed Afghanistan's military officials not to recruit teenage members to their ranking.
Canada men’s soccer team qualify for World Cup 2022 after 1986
Mar 29, 2022, at 05:11 am
Toronto/IBNS: Canadian men's soccer team won the qualification match to the 2022 World Cup by defeating the Jamaican side held at BMO Field, Toronto with a score of 4-0.
Sri Lankan President thanks Indian External Affairs Minister for providing Line of Credit
Mar 29, 2022, at 04:39 am
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday when he thanked the Indian Minister for providing USD 1 billion Line of Credit (LOC).
Afghanistan: Journalist detained by Taliban
Mar 29, 2022, at 04:34 am
Kabul: Family of a local journalist has claimed that Taliban forces have detained him on Saturday due to unknown reasons.
Pakistan Interior Minister warns PDM against turning rally into sit-in
Mar 29, 2022, at 04:31 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has warned the opposition parties are allowed to hold a public gathering in Islamabad “but if anyone tries to stage a sit-in he will crush it”.
Pakistan: Two security guards attempt to rape woman during PSL match
Mar 29, 2022, at 04:27 am
Lahore, Pakistan: The Lahore Police in Pakistan have registered a case against two security guards, and also arrested one of them, on the charge of allegedly attempting to rape a girl who came to Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore to watch a Pakistan Super League (PSL) match, media reports said.
Book on studies and practice of Xi Jinping's economic thought published in China
Mar 29, 2022, at 04:04 am
Beijing: A Chinese publishing house has published two books on the studies and the practice of country's leader Xi Jinping's economic thought for nationwide distribution.
Mar 28, 2022, at 11:58 pm
Islamabad: The political battle in Pakistan turned intense as Leader of the Opposition Shehbaz Sharif on Monday tabled in the National Assembly a no-confidence resolution against Prime Minister Imran Khan, media reports said.
Afghanistan singer Farhad Darya spreads idea of peace by performing in Geneva
Mar 28, 2022, at 11:09 pm
Geneva: Popular Afghan Singer Farhad Darya spread the idea of peace as his band performed in Geneva on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Private schools, universities lose students this academic year
Mar 28, 2022, at 10:38 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan's private school and university owners in Kabul city have complained that they have lost 60 percent of their students as the new educational year commenced recently.
UN analysis shows link between lack of vaccine equity and widening inequalities
Mar 28, 2022, at 10:14 pm
New York: Only a tiny proportion of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in developing countries, leading to a widening gap between rich and poor, says the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in a new study released this month.
Russian forces turns Mariupol into dust: Ukraine
Mar 28, 2022, at 03:56 pm
Mariupol: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday said the city of Mariupol in Ukraine, which has been invaded by Russian forces, has been turned to 'dust'.
Pakistan: Imran Khan claims foreign powers are behind ‘conspiracy’ to overthrow his govt
Mar 28, 2022, at 03:23 am
Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Sunday said foreign powers were involved in the ‘conspiracy’ to send his coalition government at the Centre packing through a no-confidence motion tabled by the country’s joint opposition.
Shehbaz Sharif urges people to join anti-inflation march
Mar 28, 2022, at 01:26 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday asked people to join PML-N's anti-inflation march on Monday to "save the future of Pakistan".
Afghanistan: Women can only enter parks for three days in a week, directs Taliban
Mar 28, 2022, at 01:10 am
Kabul: The Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan issued yet another bizarre diktat by which women can only go to parks three days a week while men are given four days in the country.
UN chief condemns attacks on civilian facilities in Saudi Arabia and Yemen
Mar 27, 2022, at 11:10 pm
New York: Recent escalation of the conflict in Yemen drew strong condemnation from Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday.